Baroque and Classical Period

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Across
  1. 2. A person who excels in musical technique or execution.
  2. 10. Wrote Hamlet
  3. 13. Location of Westminster Abbey.
  4. 15. Handel's Messiah is an example of an __________.
  5. 16. A musical technique that has a melody with one or more imitations.
Down
  1. 1. A piece of music written for a solo instrument and an orchestra
  2. 3. A theatrical piece that tells a story COMPLETELY through music and singing.
  3. 4. A large group of musicians who play many different instruments together and are led by a conductor.
  4. 5. The stories of oratorios were mostly pulled from ________.
  5. 6. A polyphonic composition based on a theme which is stated at the beginning in one voice part alone, then imitated by the other voice or voices.
  6. 7. Music consisting of two melodic lines played simultaneously.
  7. 8. A large musical composition including an orchestra, choirs, and vocal.
  8. 9. The word "Baroque" comes from a Portuguese word meaning a ____________ of irregular shape.
  9. 11. A canon with all identical voices repeating
  10. 12. Handel was born in _________.
  11. 14. Type of math created by Sir Isaac Newton.