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A type of Baroque opera recitative which includes more elaborate orchestral accompaniment, establishing a more specific rhythm than that found with the secco recitative.

The pitch upon which a chant comes to its closing cadence

The second section of sonata allegro form which includes frequent key changes, thematic fragmentation, and imitation is called

(1678-1741) A celebrated violinist and prolific composer of concerto grossi during the Baroque period. Nicknamed the “Red Priest” because of this red hair, he spent the majority of his life as teacher of violin at the Pio Ospedale della Pieta, one of four orphanages for girls in Venice.

The standard Classical orchestra included what instrument families?

(1685-1750) a composer and organist of the the highest order active in the Baroque period; this is perhaps the greatest composer of polyphony in Western music. His most famous works include the Mass in B minor, St. Matthew Passion, The Well-tempered Clavier, and The Art of Fugue.

Match the letters below with the correct choice on the right. Selections on the right may be used once, more than once, or not at all. In the photoelectric effect, ___A___ are emitted from a metal surface when a light beam is directed on it.  To explain this effect Einstein proposed that light consists of tiny bursts of energy called  ___B___ . Einstein’s formula for the photoelectric effect is very simple: hf = KE + w where hf =  ___C___. KE =  ___D___.  w =___E___.

“The book” or story in an opera production, inclusive of the layout in acts, scenes, and dialogue that the composer sets to music to create an opera.

The primary thematic material in a fugue.

A time-saving device of composers in the Baroque period or code of symbols and numbers above a bass voice that the keyboard or lute players would “realize” or interpret, adding the appropriate intervals of chords suggesting for the given bass melody.