Question
This composer’s usage of a ritornello to represent La Musica marks an early example of an operatic leitmotif. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Italian composer during the Renaissance-to-Baroque transition, who helped popularize opera through musical innovations in The Coronation of Poppea and L’Orfeo.
ANSWER: Claudio Monteverdi
[10m] Monteverdi built on Jacopo Peri’s usage of excerpts of this type, in which the singer follows the rhythm of ordinary speech. The secco, or dry, variant of these excerpts often served as lead-ins to arias.
ANSWER: recitative
[10h] L’Orfeo unusually opens with a section in this form that roused audiences by repeating a trumpet fanfare three times. Monteverdi later reused the section to open his Vespers for the Blessed Virgin.
ANSWER: toccata
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Chicago A | Illinois Blue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |