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