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Define the following terms and be able to relate them to specific composers, pieces, centuries, and
locations (where relevant). This is not a comprehensive list of testable material, but it should get
you started.
* What significant stylistic changes around the turn of the seventeenth-century helped to define
the Baroque style in music? How did these changes come about?
* What was Le nuove musiche? When was it published? Why is it significant? What types of pieces
are included in the collection? Upon what sixteenth-century unwritten practices are they based?
* What was the nature of the aesthetic debate between Monteverdi and Artusi? How did
Monteverdi respond to the criticism?
* What was the Florentine Camerata? Who were some of its members? When did they meet? Why
are they important to the history of Baroque music?
* Provide a relatively detailed analysis of Gabrielis In ecclesiis. What is particularly Baroque
about this piece? Why was it well-suited for its original performing space?
* Compare and contrast Barbara Strozzis cantata LAmante Segreto: Voglio morire to Bachs
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Be sure to address issues of structure, form, and function.
* Discuss some of the connections between Lutheran doctrine and J.S. Bachs cantata Wachet auf,
ruft uns die Stimme.
* Compare and contrast the following Baroque genres: opera, oratorio, and cantata.
* What is the Empfindsamer Stil? Who were some of its main proponents? What were its defining
characteristics?
Hafer/Fall 2016
* Compare and contrast the symphonies of Sammartini and Haydn from your listening assignment.
Consider issues of form, instrumentation, and original performance venues.
* Compare and contrast opera seria and opera buffa. Be sure to cite and discuss relevant examples.
Pay particular attention to plot types, characters, and musical structures.