What is true of Bach's life?

He wrote mostly for the church.

What is true about The Four Seasons?

It's a set of 4 solo concertos for violin, orchestra, and basso continuo.

Which are characteristics of the Baroque Period?

The dynamics were played in "terraced dynamics".

What is similar between cantatas and oratorio's?

Both contain soloists and orchestra.

What are differences between operas and oratorio's?

One has the orchestra in the pit and the other has them on stage.

What is basso continuo?

Group of instruments that is usually a keyboard and one that could sustain.

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1
What is true of Bach's life?
He wrote mostly for the church.
He had 4 children.
He played oboe.
He played piano.
2
What is true about The Four Seasons?
Written by Corelli
Has elements of program music, such as sounding like "bird calls."
It's a set of 4 solo concertos for violin, orchestra, and basso continuo.
Written by Beethoven
3
Which are characteristics of the Baroque Period?
Not much of a steady beat.
Piano was the main keyboard instrument.
Rhythmic patterns NEVER repeated throughout a piece.
The dynamics were played in "terraced dynamics".
4
What is similar between cantatas and oratorio's?
Both use costumes.
Both use folktales.
both are for church services.
Both contain soloists and orchestra.
5
What was the subject of the first operas?
Biblical stories
Fairy Tales
Greek Myths
Peasant stories
6
What are differences between operas and oratorio's?
One uses a chorus, and the other doesn't.
One has arias and recitatives, and the other doesn't.
Both use costumes.
One has the orchestra in the pit and the other has them on stage.
7
What was Purcell's only opera, which may be the finest in the English language?
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Euridice
Orfeo
Dido and Aeneas
8
The Baroque orchestra didn't always include every family of instruments, but did always include this section:
Percussion
Strings
Brass
Woodwinds
9
Who was the first composer to write double stops and chords for the violin?
Corelli
Couperin
Torelli
Vivaldi
10
When were the first operas written?
1600
1650
1550
1625
11
Which was performed during lent?
Opera
Oratorio
12
What type of music did J.S. Bach NOT write?
Choral Music
Operas
Concertos
Keyboard Music
13
What is true of a Bach Chorale?
Many began with a chorale prelude played on the cello.
Text was never religious
Congregation and choir would sing the melody of a hymn.
Written in German
14
What is basso continuo?
Group of instruments that is usually a keyboard and one that could sustain.
Polyphonic in texture, begins with a theme called the subject.
15
What is Handel's most famous oratorio?
Joshua
Messiah
Judas Maccabaeus
Saul

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