Baroque Review (Spring 2025)

Opera was invented for use in the Church.

This instrument was the most popular keyboard instrument used in church music.

Instrumental ensembles grew in size to include brass, strings, and percussion, becoming known as this:

Opera during the Baroque period was often based on:

Making up your own music based on a composer's chords and bass line is known as this

The term "Baroque" literally means

Composers of this time period only wrote music out of pure inspiration, not out of obligation.

The "Second Practice" of the Baroque era placed the value on the words of the song.

A famous composer of church music in the Baroque era was

The "First Practice" of the Baroque era placed the importance on the words of the song.

This musical style is very similar to Opera but was for a religious audience and without costumes.

Most professional composers during this time were supported financially by

The Italian string instrument builder that became world famous for his violins.

The Baroque Period took place during these years

One of the most popular portable keyboard instruments of the Baroque period was the

This type of "ornamentation" was added to notes to create the fancy frills that defined the period