Early Music

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Across
  1. 2. An early form of the trombone.
  2. 5. Three beats of equal value in the time normally occupied by two beats.
  3. 8. Italian-born composer considered a master of the French Baroque music style.
  4. 10. Accompanying part used in Baroque music, which provides a bassline for the other parts and adds harmony.
  5. 11. A quick minuet, often playful in character.
  6. 13. Benedictine abbess, writer, poet, and composer who lived in 12th-century Germany.
Down
  1. 1. Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, and Roman Catholic priest.
  2. 3. Famous French countertenor.
  3. 4. Can be found in sheet music or on Christmas trees.
  4. 6. Polyphonic choral composition associated with sacred Latin texts.
  5. 7. French term for harpsichord.
  6. 9. Stringed instrument having a large pear-shaped body.
  7. 10. Material used to make strings for baroque violins.
  8. 12. Composer who wrote the Well-Tempered Clavier.