Name ______________________________ Unit 5 Baroque Listening Examples Number: 5.1 CD 2/4 Title: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, 1st Mvmt, Allegro Composer: Bach Genre: Concerto grosso Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: none Voicing/Instrumentation: flute, violin, harpsichord soloist, and orchestra What I heard: Number: 5.2 CD 2/17 Title: Organ Fugue in g minor (Little Fugue) Composer: Bach Genre: fugue Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: none Voicing/Instrumentation: organ What I heard: Number: 5.3 CD 2/20 pg 148-150 Title: Tu se morta from Orfeo Composer: Monteverdi Genre: recitative (opera) Characteristics Texture: homophonic Text: Italian Voicing/Instrumentation: male voice & basso continuo (portable organ, bass flute) What I heard: Number: 5.4 CD 2/22 pg 151-152 (#21 recitative intro) Title: Dido’s lament from Dido and Aeneas Composer: Purcell Genre: Aria (opera) Characteristics Texture: Homophonic Text: English Voicing/Instrumentation: soprano & strings/harpsichord What I heard: Number: 5.5 CD 2/41 pg 171 Title: Suite No. 3 in D Major, 2nd mvmt-Air Composer: Bach Genre: Suite Characteristics Texture: homophonic Text: none Voicing/Instrumentation: strings & continuo What I heard: Number: 5.6 CD 2/43 Title: Suite No. 3 in D Major, 4th mvmt-Bouree Composer: Bach Genre: Suite Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: none Voicing/Instrumentation: 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, basso continuo What I heard: Number: 5.7 CD 2/47 pg 174-175 (chorale base #53) Title: Cantata No. 140 Awake a Voice is Calling Us, 1st mvmt Composer: Bach Genre: Cantata Characteristics Texture: Polyphonic Text: German Voicing/Instrumentation: chorus & small orchestra (2 ob, Eng. Horn, French horn, strings & basso continuo) What I heard: Number: 5.8 CD 3/9 pg 190-191 Title: Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah Composer: Handel Genre: oratorio Characteristics Texture: polyphonic alt. with homophonic Text: English Voicing/Instrumentation: chorus & orch What I heard: Number: 5.9 CD 2/25 Title: La Primavera (Spring) Composer: Vivaldi Genre: violin concerto Characteristics Texture: homophonic alt with polyphony Text: none Voicing/Instrumentation: violin/string orch & harpsichord What I heard: Number: 5.10 CD 2/34 (prelude) 2/37 (fugue) Title: Prelude & Fugue in c minor Composer: Bach Genre: fugue Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: none Voicing/Instrumentation: harpsichord What I heard: Number: 5.11 CD 3/3 pg 186 Title: Comfort Ye from The Messiah Composer: Handel Genre: oratorio (arioso) Characteristics Texture: homophonic Text: English Voicing/Instrumentation: male solo & orch What I heard: Number: 5.12 CD 3/5 pg 187 Title: Ev’ry Valley from The Messiah Composer: Handel Genre: oratorio (aria) Characteristics Texture: homophonic Text: English Voicing/Instrumentation: male solo & orch What I heard: Number: 5.13 CD 3/6 pg 188-189 Title: For Unto Us a Child is Born from The Messiah Composer: Handel Genre: oratorio (choral selection) Characteristics Texture: polyphonic alt w/homophonic Text: English Voicing/Instrumentation: chorus & orch What I heard: .