Key Vocabulary:
Ornamentation - Frills and trills (Twiddly bits!!)Harpsichord -
Henry Purcell -
Vivaldi -
Ground Base - Like a base tune that plays throughout (eg. Pachelbels canon)
Pachelbels canon -
Baroque Opera
The 'birth' of opera was believed to have been in the baroque periods. Opera is the combination of dramatic entertainment and musical entertainment. (A play that is sung) The difference between a musical and an opera is that any conversation or dialogue is sung instead of spoken.
Types of music that are demonstrated in an opera is as follows:
- Aria (solo song)
- Chorus (a choir of people singing together, NOT a section in a piece.
- Recitative (Half spoken, half sung; sung in the rhythm of a voice pattern.
- Dance (Instrumental section)
- Duets/Trios (Couple of people singing...
Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell)
