Question
While serving as maestro di cappella of this church, Adrian Willaert developed an antiphonal style of music that used its opposing choir lofts. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this church whose choirmasters included Claudio Merulo and Giovanni Gabrieli.
ANSWER: St. Mark’s Basilica [or Basilica di San Marco; or the Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; or Basilica Cattedrale Patriarchal di San Marco]
[10e] While maestro of St. Mark’s, Gabrieli popularized notating this aspect of music, which uses terms like piano and forte to indicate volume.
ANSWER: dynamics
[10m] This Mantuan composer became maestro of St. Mark’s in 1613, where he helped usher in the Baroque era of music. This composer of the seconda pratica style developed an agitated style of music called stile concitato (“STEE-leh con-chee-TAH-toh”) and wrote nine books of madrigals.
ANSWER: Claudio Monteverdi [or Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi]
<Ethan Ashbrook, Fine Arts - Music - Baroque> ~22954~ <Editor: Ivvone Zhou>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 10.56 | 69% | 36% | 0% |