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1
In Baroque music a single emotion is projected through an entire composition or movement is referred to as:
The Affections
word painting
terraced dynamics
Equal temperament
2
Vivaldi's nickname was:
The Red Musician
The Red Violinist
The Red Priest
The Red Racer
3
An example of an ostinato pattern in "Spring" is...
Movmt I: violins play ostinato pattern showing rain storm
movement II: viola ostinato represents the barking dog
Movement III: The bass pedal point suggest the drone of a bagpipe
Movement I: high pitched trills; and repeated note figures
4
Which term is defined as a single line of melody supported by a harmonic accompaniment?
monophonic texture
triadic harmony
homophonic texture
polyphonic texture
5
What is a recitative?
When the singing 'rests' or pauses.
A Baroque orchestral genre often the introduction of an opera or oratorio
A speech-like declamatory style of singing used in operas, oratorios
a solo song with accompaniment heard in an opera, oratorio
6
The Four Seasons is a great example of
Idiomatic writing
Baroque solo violin concerto
Programmic Writing
all of the above
7
An instrument that is a double reed instrument is:
clarinet
celesta
saxophone
oboe
8
What was the title of the piece that Bach composed for Frederick the Great?
The Musical Offering
The Art of Fugue
Chromatic Fantasy
Goldberg Variation
9
The text of an opera, oratorio or cantata
impressario
stringendo
libretto
catalog
10
Handel was very good friends with which royal person:
John Gay
Frederik the Great
Queen Anne
King George I
11
A solo song in an opera or oratorio is called:
aria
stretto
terzetto
subject
12
The term 'Baroque' comes from the Portuguese 'barroco' meaning "misshapen pearl"
True
False
13
'Equal Temperament" refers to:
A German work for keyboard instruments other than the organ
a method of tuning keyboard instruments; octave is divided in 12 semitones
Thematic material is presented in longer time values
When two voices are equal volume.
14
The term ostinato refers to:
a note or series of notes, sustained through harmony changes
The solo part of a concerto
the form of an oratorio
a rhythmic or melodic pattern repeated for an extended period.
15
The libretto is the text of an opera, oratorio or cantata
True
False
16
A popular 3 movment instrumental genre in the Baroque era for soloist(s) and orchestra:
string quartet
concerto
recitative
prelude
17
Bach and Handel were born in 1685 in Germany.
False
True
18
A tonal answer is statement of the subject in a fugue in which one or more intervals is adjusted to harmonize well.
False
True
19
A popular Baroque keyboard instrument in which small quills pluck the strings
psaltery
harpsichord
organ
pianoforte
20
The important keyboard collection in two volumes composed by Bach is called:
Treatise on Modern Instrumenation and Orchestration
The Big Book of Organum
Prelude and Fugue BWV 866
The Well Tempered Clavier I and II
21
A recitative secco is a supported by continuo
False
True
22
Vivaldi's nickname was due to:
his flaming red hair
The red scar on his left cheek.
His love for all things red.
His anger management issue
23
Bach is best know for what when is comes to music?
He composed memorable operas.
He was a great master of the contrapuntal art
Creation of new genres.
Church music : chorales
24
The term that best decribes a musical pictorialization:
word painting
melisma
libretto
programmatic music
25
The full orchestra in a Baroque concerto
ripieno
ritornello
bel canto
Lied
26
This type of composition, popular in the Baroque era, highlights the technical capabilities of an instrument.
Sequencing
basso continuo
Idomatic Writing
terraced dynamics
27
A melisma is...
a group of notes sung on a single syllable demonstrating virtuosity
a term used when composers make an error in writing
a type of recitative
a single note sung for each syllable
28
A good example of Handel's famous opera seria:
All of the above
Rinaldo
Julius Caesar
Orlando
29
Handel left Germany and eventually settled here:
France
London
Italy
Dublin, Irelend
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Basso continuo is
musical embellishment to decorate a melodic line
the process of changing from one tonal center to another
Baroque performance practice; 2 performers- one for bass the other harmony
musical shorthand using numbers below bass line to show progressions
