What was the result of the new sociology and economy of music in the mid-18th century?

Regular public concerts with subscription ticket sales

In the early 18th century court musicians had a better sense of new musical trends than church musicians because they

Were Required to travel with their employers

Which is true of music in the Age of Absolutism?

Music functioned at least partly to flattter the nobility who paid for it

The three main institutions in which Baroque composers could make a living were the...

Church, The opera house, and the court.

Who are the two most important Composers of the late Baroque Period?

Johann Sebastian Bach & George Frideric Handel

Simple characters singing "natural" music in opera

The two descriptions applicable to most classical music are...

Full of "Natural" Simplicity and pleasing variety

Baroque composers were likely to think of themselves as...

Craftspeople creating a product on demand

In his writings, Rousseu attacked the...

Operatic Style of the Baroque Era

Which best describes the dualism found in Baroque art and Music?

Pomp & Extravagance vs. System & Calculation

Which best describes the musical depiction of emotion in the late Baroque era?

Emotions were scientifically categorized, and musical expression was tech..

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1
What was the result of the new sociology and economy of music in the mid-18th century?
Regular public concerts with subscription ticket sales
Music in church services with subscription ticket sales
The Opera House
Salon concerts with ticket sales
2
In the early 18th century court musicians had a better sense of new musical trends than church musicians because they
Studued Composition with their employers
Were Required to travel with their employers
Periodically took time to refine their skills
Studied past compositional techniques
3
Which is true of music in the Age of Absolutism?
Monarchs had no control over music
Music functioned at least partly to flattter the nobility who paid for it
Only emotion mattered in music; control was not important
Absolutely no emotional display was allowed in Baroque music.
4
Two French philosophers famously associated with the enlightenment are...
Newton & Leibniz
Galileo & Voltaire
Newton & Rousseu
Voltaire & Rousseau
5
Rousseau was Europe's first...
Philosopher
Music Copyist
Publicist
Alienated intellectual
6
Which Characteristics of Baroque theater made it appealing to Baroque audiences and composers of Opera?
The Slapstick comedy
The display of strong emotions
The deep, quiet spirituality
The realistic, down-to-earth topics and characters
7
The classical use of dynamics was reflected in the popularity of a new instrument, the ________ in the Classical Era
Piano
French Horn
Violin
Harpsichord
8
The Baroque period spanned the years...
1200-1450
1600-1750
1700-1800
1400-1550
9
The purpose of art in the Age of Absolutism was to...
Demonstrate scientific absolutes
Share Personal feelings with the general populace
Protest the influence of the church
Impress & Overwhelm
10
The classical style developed principally in...
London
Saltzburg
Paris
Vienna
11
The three main institutions in which Baroque composers could make a living were the...
Court, the university, and musical journals
Church, The opera house, and the court.
Church, the tavern, and the concert hall
Opera House, the theater, and the concert hall
12
Which is a musical innovation of eighteenth-century Western Society?
The opera House
Cantatas
Ontarios
The public concert
13
Who are the two most important Composers of the late Baroque Period?
Johann Sebastian Bach & George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach & George Phillipp Teleman
George Frideric Handel & Anotonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi & Johann Sebastion Bach
14
Which were sometimes included in Classical symphonies?
Plainchant melodies
Popular tunes
Sonatas
Choruses
15
Rousseau desired...
More complex plots in opera
More polyphony
Simple characters singing "natural" music in opera
Mythical characters singing complex music in ontarios
16
The two descriptions applicable to most classical music are...
Monophonic & Melodically Complex
Full of "Natural" Simplicity and pleasing variety
Ornate and intellectually pleasing
Polyphonic and artificial
17
The light, decorative, frivolous style of art and music that developed during the mid-18th century was called...
Salon Style
Baroque
Viennese Classical
Rococo
18
Historians might speak of the Baroque Period as the...
Age of Literature
Age of Classicism
ars nova
Age of Absolutism
19
Baroque composers were likely to think of themselves as...
Artists striving for self-expression
Undesireables constantly moving from town to town looking for employment
Craftspeople creating a product on demand
Virtuoso performers capable of amazing the ordinary person
20
In his writings, Rousseu attacked the...
Idea of music for entertainment
Religious Music of the Classical Era
Operatic Style of the Baroque Era
Instrumental Music of the classical era
21
The Predominant texture of Classical music is...
Non-imitative polyphony
Monophony
Homophony
Imitative polyphony
22
Which best describes the dualism found in Baroque art and Music?
Systematic extravagance vs. Calculated pomp
Recitative vs. Aria
Church Music vs. Secular Music
Pomp & Extravagance vs. System & Calculation
23
Music during the Enlightenment was meant to...
Please and Entertain
Enlighten the world with rational, intellectual polyphony
Impress and Instruct
Glorify God
24
Who was leading monarch in the Age of Absolutism?
Cosimo de' Medi of Florence
King Philip of Spain
Louis XIV of France
Elizabeth I of England
25
The classical style emerged in the _________ century
Mid-Seventeenth
Early-Seventeenth
Early Eighteenth
Mid-Eighteenth
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Which best describes the musical depiction of emotion in the late Baroque era?
Emotions were scientifically categorized, and musical expression was tech..
A piece of music was performed differently each time:the performer/feelings
Emotional display was kept at a minimum, as a reaction to the Renaissance..
Emotions were expressed freely & naturally

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