Answer the following questions.  Please use complete sentences.  The more information you can give, the higher

Answer the following questions. 

Please use complete sentences. 

The more information you can give, the higher your grade will be.  Look the pieces up on youtube to listen.

Please make sure that you number your responses.  

Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Composition: “Tu Se Morta” (“You are dead”) from Orfeo

How does this recitative demonstrate Orfeo’s sadness and sorrow? 

Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli

Composition: Sonata pian e forte for 8 parts, C. 176 from Sacrea Symphoniae

How does this piece demonstrate louds and softs (dynamics) in the music?

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Composition: The first movement of “Spring” from The Four Seasons

How is the Ritornello used?  How does the name of the piece guide your perception of the music?

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Composition: Organ Fugue in G Minor (BWV 578)

Explain what a fugue is.  How does Bach use the subject (tune) throughout this piece?