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The most prominent form of vocal music in the Baroque period was Opera. media type="youtube" key="j0JeC5vzvp4?fs=1" height="385" width="480" This video is an aria by Handel. and Aria is a set piece for a solo singer that has much more musical elaboration and coherence than a passage of recitative, such as the video below. media type="youtube" key="gqQs788iUOA?fs=1" height="385" width="480" In Recitative, the singers would declaim words in a heightened, theatrical manner. There is always instrumental accompaniment.

Oratorio was another form of vocal music in the Baroque period. It was basically sacred music adapted into an opera. The most famous Oratorio is Handel's //Messiah//, which is known for the "Hallelujah Chorus" media type="youtube" key="76RrdwElnTU?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

The Church Cantata was the other notable form of sacred music in the Baroque period. It is a general term for a piece of moderate length with voices and instruments media type="youtube" key="FwWL8Y-qsJg?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

=QUESTIONS:=

1) What is Opera?

Theatrical Music

2) What country were the two most notable composers of the Baroque period from?

Germany

3) What was Handel's favorite flavor of ice cream?

Unfortunately, this aspect of his life remains shrouded in mystery. It is a mystery which has plagued historians for centuries.

4) True or False: Opera Serias were written to convey emotion such as anger or sadness.

True

5) True or False: Libretto is the lyrics of an Opera

True

6) True or False: In recitative music, singers do not sing with emotion

False

7) True or False: An Aria is a piece of music for a large group of singers

False

8) True or False: Handel was unappreciated in his own time

False