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A review for Baroque music history. #music #baroque #history
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1
A musical introduction to the Baroque Opera is called?
Ritornello
Overture
French Overture
Introduction
2
Which one of these is a method to create variation in a fugue?
Augmentation
Ground Bass
Trilling
Add an affection
3
What was the goal of all Baroque art?
To oppress people
To proclaim humanistic principles
To evoke an emotional response
To look pretty
4
The position of a composer working for a court in the Baroque Era was that of
a high class servant with few personal rights.
an equal with the nobility.
a lower class wandering minstrel.
a free agent working for commissions.
5
The Baroque style was well suited to
Aristocracy
Commoners
Merchants
Sea Explorers
6
The most characteristic technique developed in composition of the Baroque period was:
gradual dynamic changes
simple singable melodies
basso continuo, or figured bass
monophonic texture
7
Bach created masterpieces in every form except:
Sonata
Opera
Concerto
Fugue
8
What is an example of an affection?
Love
Hatred
All of the above
Happiness
9
Which style of opera was developed first?
All of the above
Tragedy
Comedy
None of the above
10
Monteverdi strove to create music that was
emotionally intense.
extremely complex.
peaceful and smooth.
difficult to perform.
11
The Baroque period took place in which range of years?
1600-1750
1650-1800
1600-1700
1650-1750
12
Oratorio is different from opera in that it has no
orchestral accompaniment.
choral part.
vocal soloists.
acting, scenery, or costumes.
13
A trio sonata has three players.
True
Maybe
False
I don't know
14
Handel's Messiah is an example of:
an oratorio.
musical theater.
a song.
an opera.
15
Composers in the middle Baroque phase mostly wrote music for the ______ family of instruments.
Brass
Woodwind
Percussion
String
16
How many moods are expressed within a movement of a piece?
three
one
two
multiple
17
Antonio Vivaldi had a nickname. What was it?
White Conductor
Old Baldy
Mr. Director
Red Priest
18
A major difference between a cantata and an oratorio is that an oratorio
is based on Biblical stories.
is not intended for religious services.
is based on international dances.
features solo singers.
19
Modern historians use the term baroque to indicate:
A style in the arts, involving action and movement.
A scientific movement popular in the seventeenth century.
A period of decline in the arts.
A class of musical instruments that no longer function.
20
Handel spent the majority of his life working in
Iceland.
England.
France.
Germany.
21
In the Baroque Concerto, what is the term used for the whole orchestra to play?
Instruments
Everybody
Tutti
All
22
The type of dynamics used in Baroque composition are called:
terraced dynamics.
decrescendos.
superlatives.
crescendos.
23
A movement is
A section of a larger work
A subject
A ritornello
The main melody
24
How old was Henry Purcell when he died?
36
37
35
38
25
Vivaldi used a new technique in "The Four Seasons". What was that technique?
Inversion
Program Music
Augmentation
Word Painting
26
George Frideric Handel was born in 1685, the same year as
Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
Claudio Monteverdi
Johann Sebastian Bach
27
Which musical texture was developed during the Baroque period?
None of the above
Homophony
Polyphony
Monophony
28
Composers and musicians added extra decoration to the music known as:
Capitulation
Realization
Ornamentation
Harmonization
29
Bach originated a form during the Baroque Era called the
opera buffa
fugue
suite
trio concerto
30
The ________ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune.
recitative
prelude
cantata
chorale
31
One of England's most famous composers, who composed
Dido and Aeneas?
George F. Handel
Henry Purcell
Henry Lawes
John Wilson
32
What was the subject matter of most early Baroque operas?
Royalty
Greek Myth
The Crusades
Norse Myth
33
In Baroque Opera, there was one highly prized virtuoso singer. Was it:
Lyric Soprano
Dramatic Bass
Castrato Tenor
Coloratura Soprano
34
When the performer creates harmony between the melody and bass, this is called:
Harmonization
Realization
Resolution
Ornamentation
35
The main theme of a fugue can also be called
the answer.
the subject.
the countersubject.
the episode.
36
What is the meaning of the word 'Baroque?'
Ridiculous
Ornamental
Beautiful pearl
Misshapen pearl
37
A Baroque Concerto Grosso usually has how many movements?
four
one
two
three
38
A Baroque Suite is a group of what type of songs?
Party
Secular
Concert
Dance
39
Where was Henry Purcell buried?
Darbyshire
Westminster Abbey
Edinburgh
Ely Cathedral
40
Which instrument did Bach play virtuosically?
Organ
Cello
Flute
Violin