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20. sudden alternations between loud and soft

55. sets of dance inspired movements

58. the principal means of musical expression in the Lutheran service that is sung not played

22. bass part with numbers that specify chords

34. subject is presented backwards

24. a larger group of players or all

33. subject turned upside down

50. a musical idea in the bass that is repeated over and over while the melodies change above it

26. a polyphonic composition based on one main theme

40. a song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment

53. a piece for single soloist and orchestra

66. Why did Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 have a solo harpsichord?

27. the main theme in a fugue

41. a vocal line that imitates they rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech

56. hymn tune sung to a German religious text

23. a small group of soloists pitted against a larger group

47. a male singer who had been castrated before puberty

69. What year did J.S. Bach die in?

35. subject time values are lengthened

31. when the subject is imitated before it is completed

43. generates atmosphere and makes comments on the action

30. sections that occur between presentations of the subject

65. Why is the Little Fugue named Little Fugue?

68. What composer is buried under the organ at Westminster Abbey?

70. How long is Handel’s Messiah?

21. continuous bass usually played by 2 instruments

37. an independent piece that introduces a fugue

61. Why did religious institutions use art and music more freely in the baroque period?

51. a composition in several movements for one to eight instruments

63. Most of the best known music came from which phase of the baroque era?

57. a short composition based on the hymn tune that reminded the congregation of the melody

59. a large scale composition for chorus vocal soloists and orchestra usually set to a narrative text

44. one who gives cues and reminds singers of pitches and words

38. text of an opera

42. when three or more singers are involved

25. a form which is the alternation between tutti and solo sections

29. a voice of a fugue that is a different melodic idea

52. a sonata containing three melodic lines usually using four instruments

32. a single tone usually in the bass that is held while other voices produce changing harmonies

48. recitative accompanied only by a basso continuo

19. emotional states like joy, grief, and agitation

28. when the theme is presented in the dominant scale

49. recitative accompanied by an orchestra

64. Which composer was thrown in jail for a month because he asked to quit?

60. drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment

54. music that is created at the same time it is performed

46. a group of nobles poets and composers who met in Florence who gave birth to opera

62. Why was entertainment considered a necessity for kings and princes?

36. subject time values are shortened

67. Why does Orpheus go to Hades?

39. a person who writes the libretto

45. a purely orchestral composition that draws on material heard later in an opera