| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Antonio Vivaldi;Italy | Born in Venice,______. |
| Antonio Vivaldi;violinist | father was a _______. |
| Antonio Vivaldi;Red Priest | priest- nicknamed the_______ _____. |
| Antonio Vivaldi;ill | became ____ and left priest hood. |
| Antonio Vivaldi;school | teacher at a ____ for orphan and runaway girls |
| Antonio Vivaldi;concerto | master of the ________. |
| concerto;orchestra | a ______ is a piece of music for solo instrument with the ________ for accompaniment. |
| Antonio Vivaldi;fast;slow;fast | used a pattern of _____-_____-____ in his concertos. |
| Antonio Vivaldi;Bach | was respected and admired by J.S ___. |
| George Handel;Germany | born in ______. |
| George Handel;no | family of musicians? |
| George Handel;lawyer | father wanted him to be a _____. |
| George Handel;attic | had to play in _____ because his father did not allow music in the house |
| George Handel;copying | learned how to write music by ________ it. |
| George Handel;England | became a popular citizen in _________. |
| George Handel;oratorio | Created the ________. |
| oratorio | sung drama without acting that is based on the bible |
| George Handel;24;3 | Composed The Messiah in only __ days--it takes __ hours to perform |
| stand up | during the Hallelujah Chorus, the audience _______ ___ in keeping with the tradition of King George II |
| George Handel;blind | later in life became _________. |
| George Handel;Westminster | buried in ___________ Abbey. |
| Bach;Germany | born in Eisenach,______. |
| Bach | Family of musicians |
| Bach;father | was taught violin by ______. |
| Bach | master of organ |
| Bach;10 | parents died when he was __ years old. |
| Bach;older brother | went to live with his ____. |
| Bach;religious | was a very _____ man. |
| Bach;choirboy | sang as a _____. |
| Bach;15 | left home at age__ to work as paid musician |
| Bach;church | worte music mainly for the ____. |
| Bach;2;20 | _marriages and ___children |
| Bach;4 | __sons had music careers |
| Bach;Well Tempered Clavier | name of the book he wrote for his wife that is still used today: _____ _______ ______. |
| Bach;father | known as the ______ of Music. |
| Bach;fugue | wrote a type of music similar to a round called a _____. |
| counterpoint | the playing of two or more melodies at the same time is called __________. |
| 1600-1750 | dates of the Baroque period |
| commision | made money by working on _____. |
| unity of mood | a piece of music that expresses one basic emotion |
| unity of rhythm | rhythmic patterns that were heard at the beginning of the piece and repeat throughout |
| continuity of melody | an opening melody that was heard again and againin the couse of a piece |
| terraced dynamics | volume tended to stay constant for a period of time, and when the dynamics did shift,it was sudden |
| word painting | depicting words and meanings in music |
| homophonic texture | one main melody accompanied by voices or instruments |
| orchestra and opera | two important developments in the use of musical groups: |
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