Across
- 3. Comic operas with a light-hearted storyline that often have happy endings
- 6. When the music gradually gets softer
- 8. Vocal pieces for two voices and instrumental accompaniment
- 11. Speech-like singing in Opera
- 12. Each instrument or voice has a distinct melody
- 13. The main government of the Baroque
- 17. When the music gradually gets louder
- 18. A Baroque invention that we use every day
- 19. A drama that is sung to an orchestral accompaniment
- 20. Melodic vocal solos with instrumental accompaniment
Down
- 1. Creator of the opera text
- 2. Also known as the "Age of Enlightenment"
- 4. The number of Opera Houses in Vienna during the Baroque
- 5. An outstanding performer of the highest abilities
- 7. The musical technique of repeating an idea at different times in different voices
- 9. Melody and accompaniment
- 10. When a melodic idea is repeated in higher or lower intervals
- 14. A musical academic society who met in the late 1500s for musical discussions
- 15. Opera with serious content and plots that often end in tragedy
- 16. Creator of the music