chapter 10 vivaldi

Question 1

the opera house

-4 components

Answer 1

1. supertitles
2. orchestra overture plays before curtain rises
3. box
4. orchestra pit

Question 2

antonio vivaldi

• what was he
• sunday church concerts
• who did he write for
• composed

Answer 2

• violin teacher, composer, conductor for a music school/orphanage for girls in venice
• girls performed behind an iron screen
• wrote for Venetian opera houses
• the four seasons

Question 3

the four seasons

-definition

Answer 3

-4 solo concertos; a set of four solo concertos for violin (soloist), string orchestra, a basso continuo

Question 4

basso continuo

Answer 4

a baroque accompaniment played by a keyboard or lute and a bass instrument

Question 5

solo concertos

Answer 5

a piece for single soloist and orch

Question 6

The four seasons

• # of movements
• # of concertos
• what prefaces each concerto

Answer 6

• 3 per concerto
• 4
• sonnets

Question 7

movement

Answer 7

a fairly independent piece thats part of a larger composition

Question 8

4 concertos and 3 movements

• spring
• summer
• autumn
• winter

Answer 8

all fast-slow-fast

Question 9

spring concerto

• ___ vs___
• tutti plays
• solo plays

Answer 9

• tutti/ritornello vs solo
• ritornello (terraced dynamics)
• alternating with tutti/ritornello
• violin (birds, streams, thunder and lightening)