music for a while intruments, context and basics

Question 1

period

Answer 1

mid-baroque

Question 2

style

Answer 2

incidental music (performed as part of Oedipus)

Question 3

instruments

Answer 3

solo soprano, base viol, harpsichord

Question 4

what does the right hand of harpsichord do

Answer 4

it elaborately realises the harmony implied by the bass line

Question 5

what does the harpsichord left hand

Answer 5

doubles the bass viol (playing the bass line)

Question 6

how is the anthology piece different to the original

Answer 6

it have by transposed from c minor to A minor and is now sung by a soprano instead of by a high male voice such as the tenor or the countertenor

Question 7

what is ground bass

Answer 7

a constantly repeating bass pattern over which the melody develops