Please match the musical term to the corresponding phrase.

A. ornamentation
B. George Frideric Handel
C. da capo aria
D. ground bass
E. figured bass
F. overture
G. Johann Sebastian Bach
H. word painting
I. Claudio Monteverdi
J. chorale
K. recitative
L. tonality


A. melodic embellishment
B. best known for his oratorios
C. a two part vocal composition
D. a repeating bass pattern
E. Baroque musical shorthand
F. the opening to an opera
G. best known for his polyphonic organ works
H. musically relating the meaning of the words
I. one of the first composers of Baroque operas
J. Lutheran church melodies
K. moved the action along in an opera
L. the major-minor system

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