Across
- 5. Text of an opera
- 7. French Enlightenment philosopher, author of text for Rameau’s Le Temple De La Gloire
- 8. Rare wood renown for its use in the making of violin bows
- 10. Large Oboe pitched a fifth below the ordinary oboe
- 13. Two or more independent lines of music, in other words “note against note”
- 14. An ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist, often allowing virtuosic display
- 15. Instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected from a keyboard
Down
- 1. Italian composer of “La Gloria di Primavera”
- 2. An orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition
- 3. Italian Master Luthier from Cremona, Italy
- 4. Collection of 6 instrumental concertos by J.S. Bach
- 6. French composer and flautist born in 1674 who was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind performers
- 9. Voice type of Opera Star, Anne Sofie von Otter, PBO Guest Artist
- 11. This composer smuggled a clivichord into his attic to avoid criticism from his disapproving father
- 12. Prestigious NYC arts school with whom PBO has a longstanding partnership
