Chapter 16 Quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 A seventeenth-century French musical-dramatic work, staged with costumes and scenery, that featured members of the court alongside professional dancers was the | ballet de cour |
| French court music of the seventeenth century was divided into the following | Music of the Royal Chapel, Music of the Chamber, Music of the Great Stable |
| The following type of seventeenth-century French court music provided music for indoor entertainment | Music of the Chamber |
| The following composer is credited with creating a distinctly French style of opera | Jean-Baptiste Lully |
| The French Overture is best described as | a musical opening comprised of two sections, each repeated |
| The first section of a French overture is typically performed in the following texture | homophonic |
| An extended episode that appeared at the center or the conclusion of each act of a seventeenth-century French opera was known as a/an | divertissement |
| In seventeenth-century French opera, songs with a rhymed text and regular meter and phrasing, often in the meter and form of a dance, are called | airs |
| Brief ornaments used in seventeenth-century French opera to adorn cadences and other important notes were called | agréments |
| The seventeenth-century solo air was typically scored for | one to three voices with lute or continuo accompaniment |
| The grand motet is best described as a | sacred concerto for soloists, double chorus, and orchestra |
| The following composer is credited with introducing the Latin oratorio into France | Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
| The leading lute composer of the French Baroque was | Denis Gaultier |
| The Paris journal Mercure Gallant referred to the following composer and performer as "the marvel of our century" | Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre |
| The majority of seventeenth-century French dances are in the following form | binary |
| The following French dance, which originated in the British Isles, was usually composed in a compound meter with wide melodic leaps and lively triplets | gigue |
| The only complete surviving seventeenth-century masque is | Cupid and Death |
| Dido and Aeneas was composed by | Henry Purcell |
| A spoken play with an overture and four or more masques or substantial musical episodes was called a | dramatic opera |
| Purcell's The Fairy Queen is an example of a/an | semi-opera |
| The English Dancing Master, a collection of and instructional treatise on traditional English country dances, was published by: | John Playford |
| The first opera performed in the Americas was | La purpura de la rosa |
| A Spanish improvisatory-style piece for organ, often featuring imitation, is a | tiento |
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