Unit 2 Review

Who was employed by the wealthy Esterhazy family?

Who is most often referred to as the most important figure in Baroque music?

What is a recitative?

A harpsichord operates using strings that are hit by hammers.

What is the main theme of a fugue called?

Which of the following statements are false?

The most important new genre that developed during the Baroque period was this large-scale musical drama.

Which of the following technologies/discoveries were not invented during the Classical Era.

Handel's Messiah is an example of a(n)

The principal components of opera include the orchestral __________, which is played at the beginning of a production.

What is the opposite of program music?

Which of the following adjectives doesn't accurately describe most Classical music

What is a dance suite?

The stories for oratorios are generally drawn from

Which of the following operas WAS NOT written by W.A. Mozart?

The Baroque Period lasted from

The text or "script" for an opera is called

Purely instrumental forms weren't particularly popular until the Baroque era

Why did music written for harpsichord tend to include lots of shorter rhythms?

Which of the following adjectives don't accurately describe the aesthetic of the Baroque era?

A ____is an instrumental genre that usually consists of a dialogue between a featured instrument and the orchestra

A _____________is the standard sequence of movements followed by most Classical instrumental genres.

This genre is a large-scale sung drama that combines singing, instrumental music, poetry, acting, dance, and visual art.

Vivaldi's Four Seasons concerto is an example of program music because

Two important sacred vocal music genres of the Baroque era were

A _______________ is a musical idea used as a building block in the construction of a composition.

What does "ritornello" mean in Italian?

Which of the following genres was understood as a conversation among instruments?

The earliest Italian opera with a complete surviving score is

Which of the following composers was a part of the Mannheim School?