Duplicate of Higher Music - Renaissance & Baroque period revision

Question 1

Identify the concept which describes the style of singing.

Accepted Answer

Melismatic

Question 2

Which concept best describes the music in this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

Plainchant

Question 3

What is the term for a passage of music that keeps reappearing in a Concerto Grosso?

Accepted Answer

Ritornello

Question 4

Which type of large scale work is this excerpt (and the previous one) from?

Accepted Answer

Oratorio

Question 5

How would you describe the tonality of most Renaissance music?

Accepted Answer

Modal

Question 6

What is the of the solo instrumental part in this piece?

Accepted Answer

Obbligato

Question 7

Listen to this excerpt and identify the ornament used in the very first bar of the music.

Accepted Answer

Mordent

Question 8

What is the name for the small group of soloists in this group?

Accepted Answer

Concertino

Question 9

Choose the term which describes this style of music.

Accepted Answer

Mass

Question 10

Listen to this excerpt and identify the type of cadence at the very end.

Accepted Answer

Plagal

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