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