Music History Semester 1 Review

A multi-movement work for solo instrument, or instrument with keyboard accompaniment.

Which musician is credited for inventing the genre of the French overture?

A genre prominent in early Baroque that consists of a few instruments and a solo singer.

True or False: The tenor line is always doubled by an instrumental accompaniment.

Identify the genre that is not typical of the late Baroque.

Which instrument dominated the sound of the Baroque orchestra.

Which term is synonymous with "ground bass"?

What began in the monasteries of Western Europe around the year 1000?

The belief that people can shape their world and create beautiful art.

T or F: Duple meter was used almost exclusively throughout the Middle Ages?

Term for the unvarying text of the Mass that are sung virtually every day.

What musical technique contributes to the appeal of Pachelbel's Canon in D?

The dramatic text that composers set to music in an opera, oratorio, or cantata is called:

When and where did Baroque music first appear?

Which genre of composition was note used during the Renaissance?

A manner of writing that exploits the strengths and avoids weakness of an instrument.

This genre derives text from historical events or mythology and glorified the aristocracy

What did the inventors of early opera think they were reviving?

This composer became the most renowned organ virtuoso in Germany.

Musically heightened speech

True or False: The rhythmic ostinatos used in Baroque music give a feeling of stasis.

The soloists in a concerto grosso are called the:

What is the standard musical form of Baroque period dance movements?

Musical notation was originally invented to preserve ___.

Troubadours and trouveres invented the musical genre known as:

T or F:Rondo form is one of the oldest musical forms and can be traced back to the Middle Ages.

The numerical shorthand in music?

What musical technique contributes to the appeal of Pachelbel's Canon in D?

What was the single most important genre of music to emerge during the Baroque era?

A tightly linked succession of chords that purposefully moves the music.

The singing style that expresses feeling or emotion rather than narrating the drama's action.

T or F: Awake A Voice Is Calling was written by Bach to impress a potential employer in Berlin.

T or F: Pope Gregory initiated the practice of composing chant and wrote many of the chants.

A series of conflicts between the French and English.

A composition for choir setting a religious, devotional, or solemn text, often sung in Latin.

This composer was very successful during his lifetime and gained popularity in London.

Which composer is known as the "Savior of church music"?

The most common basso continuo group was the:

Where did writers, artists, and architects turn for inspiration during the Renaissance?

Which monarch came to epitomize the grandeur and glory of the Baroque era?

Which genre is a work where the actors sing all the parts and has stage sets and costumes?

Term that describes the sharp, abrupt dynamic contrast found in the music of the Baroque era.

A melody, harmony, or rhythm that repeats continually throughout a musical composition.

A bass line that moves at a moderate pace, mostly in equal note values, and often stepwise.

The Baroque Period was from

Which individual is not considered a representative composer of the early Baroque period?

The idea that different musical moods could and should influence the emotions of the listener.

A one-movement composition, in free form, originally for keyboard.

Which genre consists of 2 sections; the first is in slow duple meter, the second in fast triple

True or False: InThe Messiah, many of the 19 choruses feature simple homophonic settings.

The theme in a fugue is called the:

Which Baroque genre opens with a section called the "exposition"?

A passage of free, non-imitative counterpoint found in a fugue is known as:

A spiritual melody or religious folksong of the Lutheran Church.

The musical practice of depicting the expressive content of the text.

Throughout the Middle Ages, which two groups vied for political control of Europe?

T or F: The chamber sonata is a composition with 4 dance movements in alternating tempos.

Which form did Baroque composers typically use in the 1st and 3rd movement of a concerto grosso