baroque
Across
- 3. polyphonic writing.
- 4. use of trills and embellishments on notes.
- 5. key change.
- 7. tuning.
- 9. piece based on one melody.
- 10. Vocal soloists and a chorus are accompanied by an orchestra and/or organ to tell a story in music, but without the staging and costumes of an opera.
- 11. Baroque keyboard instrument.
- 12. more than one melody played simultaneously.
- 15. type of stringed instrument in the baroque period similar to today’s guitar.
- 16. a short piece in free contrapuntal style that develops one motive in an impromptu fashion.
Down
- 1. sacred vocal compositions in contrapuntal style without accompaniment.
- 2. Baroque keyboard instrument; the Well-Tempered Clavier was written for this instrument.
- 3. Baroque sacred or secular choral composition containing recitatives, solos, duets, and choruses, with orchestral or keyboard accompaniment.
- 6. A “speaking” type of singing, free in tempo and in rhythm. Mostly popular in opera.
- 8. Third, ending on a major chord when a piece is in a minor key.
- 13. Keyboard instrument used mostly in church music.
- 14. an “air” meaning “song.” Written for one solo voice with accompaniment.