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Chapter 8 - The Early Baroque Period

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1
Which accurately describes the Baroque (1600-1750) treatment of meter?
Meter was no longer necessary now that recitatives were popular.
Meter disappeared & bar lines disappeared.
Meter became more & more blurred with increased polyphony.
Meter became more accepted & bar lines came into use.
2
What is recitative?
the technique of declaiming words musically in a theatrical manner
the technique of reciting poetry to music
an extended and elaborate piece of music for a solo singer
a ridiculously made-up word
3
Drama set to music where the characters sing rather than speak is...
Greek tragedy
opera
a motet
a madrigal
4
Opera provided the perfect vehicle for the Baroque (1600-1750) idea of...
expressing the views of many individuals at once.
enacting biblical stories.
political propaganda.
expressing the emotions of the individual.
5
What characterizes the art of the early instrumental virtuosos?
They used chant sequences.
They repeated simple melodies.
They notated everything they played for their students' use.
They improvised music that was rarely written down.