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| Question | Answer |
| opera | music drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and pantomime, scenery, and costumes |
| oratorio | large-scale dramatic genre originating in the Baroque Era, based on a text of religious or serious character performed by solo voices, chorus, and orchestra; similar to opera but without costumes, scenery, or action |
| cantata | vocal genre for soloists, chorus, and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative; usually consists of several movements |
| concerto | instrumental genre in several movements for solo instrument and orchestra |
| suite | multimovement work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements, generally all in the same key |
| symphony | large work for orchestra, generally in three or four movements |
| string quartet | chamber music ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello |
| sonata | instrumental genre in several movements for soloists or small ensemble |
| fugue | polyphonic Baroque Era form in which one or more themes are developed through imitative counterpoint |
| libretto | text or script of an opera, oratorio, cantata or musical |
| harpsichord | early Baroque keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills instead of being struck by a hammer like a piano |
| recitative | solo vocal declamation that follows the inflection of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style found in opera, cantata and oratorio |
| aria | lyric song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, generally expressing intense emotion; found in opera, cantata and oratorio |
| theme | melodic idea |
| sonata form (AKA sonata-allegro form) | the opening movement of the multimovement cycle, consisting of themes that present in the first section (exposition), developed in the second section (development, and restated in the third section (recapitulation) |
| coda | the last part of a piece, usually added to standard form to bring it to a close |
| clavichord | stringed keyboard instrument popular in the Renaissance and Baroque Eras that is capable of unique expression devices not available on the harpsichord |
| cadenza | virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation, performed near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto |
| multimovement cycle | a three or four movement structure used in Classical Era instrumental music, (especially the symphony, sonata, and concerto) and in chamber music |
| chorale | congregational hymn of the German Lutheran church |
| patronage system | sponsorship of an artist or musician, historically by a member the wealthy or ruling classes |
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