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