Part IV, Ch. 5-8 - Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. a small group of nobles, poets, and composers who began to meet regularly in Florence around 1575
  2. 9. A B A form in which the repetition of the A section is embellished with ornaments by the singer
  3. 12. (Prelude) a purely orchestral composition that opens the opera
  4. 13. a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of of speech
  5. 14. when three or more singers are involved
  6. 15. a song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment
Down
  1. 1. Basso Ostinato “Obstinate (persistent) bass"
  2. 2. the earliest opera that has been preserved
  3. 3. a male singer who had been castrated before puberty
  4. 5. text of an opera
  5. 6. a drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment
  6. 7. the first great opera
  7. 8. - a person who gives cues and reminds the singers of words or pitches if they momentarily forget
  8. 10. 1567-1643, one of the most important composers of the early Baroque era
  9. 11. 1659-1695, called the greatest of English composers