Matching Pairs Baroque TermsOnline version Vocabulary from the Baroque music period. by Vanessa Pintabona 1 A vertical line to mark a division between bars/measures 2 Technique where the composer wrote only the melody and the bass and the performer had to fill in appropriate chords in between 3 Male singers who were castrated before puberty to preserve their high range 4 A lack of harmony among musical notes; a tension or clash from a lack of harmony 5 A term used to describe accompanied solo singing of this time 6 A play usually written with rhymed and unrhymed verse 7 Spontaneous-sounding singing used in opera to express emotion, sought to imitate speech 8 A play in verse with incidental music, told of idyllic love in fields, woods, rustic youths and maidens, mythological characters 9 A drama sung to continuous or nearly continuous music and staged with scenery, costumes and action 10 Combinations of sharps or flats indicating the key of the piece/what notes should be played 11 A melodious, strophic, lyrical monologue in an opera 12 Period of music where composers and performers sought to evoke specific emotions with their work Baroque Recitative Aria Pastoral drama Basso continuo Opera Bar line Key signatures Monody Castrati Libretto Dissonance
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