Baroque Music Exam review

Question 1

Handel's Oratorios were usually based on what text?

Accepted Answer

The Old Testament

Question 2

The longest period of Johann Sebastian Bach's professional life was spent as director of Music at a church in what city?

Accepted Answer

Leipzig

Question 3

How many children did Bach have?

Accepted Answer

20

Question 4

An Oratorio is...

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an extended, sacred choral work

Question 5

What is the most popular keyboard instrument of the Baroque Era?

Accepted Answer

Harpsichord

Question 6

True or False: The Baroque Orchestra was much bigger than a modern orchestra.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

What was Handel's most famous composition?

Accepted Answer

Messiah

Question 8

A characteristic of Baroque music

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ornamented

Question 9

Define oratorio

Accepted Answer

A musical composition for voices and instruments which tells a sacred story

Question 10

Why did Dido kill herself?

Accepted Answer

She was broken hearted

Question 11

The first oratorios were based on__________.

Accepted Answer

stories from the Bible

Question 12

Handel's Messiah is an example of _____________.

Accepted Answer

An Oratorio

Question 13

Vivaldi was famous and influential as a virtuoso _____________.

Accepted Answer

violinist

Question 14

Most of Bach's music was written for.....

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church

Question 15

Early Baroque opera was based on:

Accepted Answer

Greek Tragedies

Question 16

During the Baroque Period, most ordinary people heard music in:

Accepted Answer

The church

Question 17

George Frideric Handel is the "Father" of the:

Accepted Answer

English oratorio

Question 18

How would you describe a trill?

Accepted Answer

An ornament - moving quickly between two notes

Question 19

Which composer was in the Baroque Era?

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Question 20

Johann Sebastian Bach

Accepted Answer

Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 in D Minor 1st movement

Question 21

Define concerto

Accepted Answer

A form featuring one musician or small group accompanied by an orchestra.

Question 22

Vivaldi wrote:

Accepted Answer

The Four Seasons

Question 23

The Baroque style was well suited to the ___________

Accepted Answer

aristocracy

Question 24

What kind of people did successful Baroque composers write for?

Accepted Answer

Royalty, Kings and Princes

Question 25

What was the prominent family of instruments featured in a Baroque orchestra?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Question 26

What was added to the orchestra at the end of the Baroque period?

Accepted Answer

Clarinet

Question 27

Vivaldi innovated this form

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Concerto Form

Question 28

What did Bach originally play

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The organ

Question 29

Antonio Vivaldi

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La Primavera (Spring) from The Four Seasons

Question 30

What is the major difference between Oratorios and Cantatas?

Accepted Answer

An Oratorio is not intended for religious services

Question 31

Handel spent the majority of his life in ___________.

Accepted Answer

England

Question 32

Johann Sebastian Bach

Accepted Answer

Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue)

Question 33

Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time in the _____________ period.

Accepted Answer

late baroque

Question 34

The text of an opera...

Accepted Answer

Libretto

Question 35

What is the final song in Handel's oratorio, The Messiah?

Accepted Answer

The Hallelujah Chorus

Question 36

The Baroque Period

Accepted Answer

1600-1750

Question 37

Which of these composers is NOT a Baroque composer?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 38

Bach did not write music for this instrument...

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Synthesizer

Question 39

What instrument is not used in the Baroque Period?

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Tuba

Question 40

What instrument did Vivaldi play?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Question 41

What is recitative?

Accepted Answer

speech-like sung dialogue accompanied with secco/simple chords

Question 42

What does Dido do when Aeneas leaves her?

Accepted Answer

She commits suicide and takes a looooooong time to die

Question 43

What were the two most prominent keyboard instruments in the Baroque period?

Accepted Answer

Organ, Harpsichord

Baroque Music Exam review

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Baroque Music Exam review

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