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