Module 4 Baroque Music

During his musical career, Johann Sebastian Bach held the position of

Vivaldi was a composer who primarily worked for the church.

Where was Handel born?

Bach composed the famous set of works known as the Brandenburg Concertos.

Vivaldi was a German composer who is credited with developing the concerto.

Vivaldi lived and worked in

Vivaldi was renowned in his day as a(n)

In Spring from The Four Seasons, all of the “images” are created in the orchestra passages.

Although a skilled composer, Bach never mastered the art of the fugue.

The typical Baroque concerto is written for a solo instrument with a continuo accompaniment.

Johann Sebastian Bach is the culminating figure of the ________ musical style.

Where was the concerto first developed?

How many violin concertos did Vivaldi compose?

A concerto is an instrumental genre based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments and orchestra.

Vivaldi was a composer born in

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” is in bar form.

Antonio Vivaldi was known as the “red priest” for

Where did the premiere of Messiah take place?

The famous choral climax of Handel’s Messiah is

In the first movement, Spring, both the poem and music evoke birds, a stream, and thunder and lightning.

Vivaldi was the music master at a school for orphaned girls.

Which of the following is Handel’s MOST famous oratorio, frequently performed today?

The Four Seasons is program music because

Before turning to the oratorio, Handel was successful at composing

The “Hallelujah Chorus” is the climax of the Christmas section of Messiah.

Which of the following is Vivaldi’s best-known set of concertos?

The typical solo concerto has ________ movements.

Vivaldi was music master at

The Four Seasons is considered to be program music.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer born in

Johann Sebastian Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on the

The tempos in a three-movement concerto are Adagio-Allegro-Andante.

Vivaldi was an ordained priest.

George Frideric Handel is considered a master of the

Handel’s Messiah is a(n)

The Four Seasons is program music because it uses word-painting.

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” from Messiah is an example of

The text of an oratorio is called

A concerto is an instrumental

Antonio Vivaldi composed over two hundred concertos for solo violin.

Handel’s oratorios were designed to turn a profit.

The concerto lends itself to virtuoso playing.

Which the following characterizes the “Hallelujah Chorus”?

Vivaldi lived in Rome, where he taught music at a girls’ school.