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V.2 Final Exam Baroque Review
V.2 Final Exam Baroque Review
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A Music History Quiz about the Baroque Era
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What is an episode?
A brand new melody in a fugue
An entirely new subject in a fugue
Transitional sections between presentations of the subject
An inversion of the subject in a fugue
2
Which aria form has a repeated melody for each verse?
Through composed
Strophic
Da Capo
Recitative
3
What is Handel's best known orotorio?
Israel in Egypt
Oreste
Joseph and his Brethren
The Messiah
4
What is the accompaniment part written for bass instruments called?
Ostinato
Basso Buffo
Basso Continuo
Basso Profundo
5
What is a repeated pattern in a bass line called?
Basso profundo
Basso ostinato
Basso continuo
Ground Bass
6
What are features of a cantata?
Used religious text
Written for choir, soloists, orchestra, and/or organ
Sung in the local language
Multi-movement work
7
What instrument became associated with royalty in the Baroque?
Strings
Organ
Trumpet
Flute
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Which form is based on alternation between the tutti and the soloists?
Ritornello
Rondo
Sonata
Theme and Variations
9
What type of recitative is accompanied by the orchestra?
Da Capo
Accompanied
Strophic
Secco
10
Bach's music fused what two things?
Technical mastery
Dance rhythms
Operatic part writing
Emotional depth
11
What is the instrumentation for Bass Continuo?
Keyboard instrument
Low melodic instrument
Brass
High Strings
12
All of Monteverdi's music is of what genre?
Monteverdi composed in all genres
Instrumental
Opera
Vocal
13
What is the earliest surviving opera?
Fidelio
Euridice
Orfeo
Dido and Aeneas
14
Music was a major source of entertainment for which social class?
Music was equally consumed by all social classes
Lower Class
Middle Class
Nobility
15
What is a collection of instrumental pieces based on dance rhythms?
A song cycle
A sonata
A suite
A concerto
16
What is a castrato?
The highest female voice type
The voice type that played heroic roles
A male singer castrated before puberty
The highest paid opera singers
17
What opera did Monteverdi write for the Court of Mantua?
Fidelio
Orfeo
Dido and Aeneas
Euridice
18
What is a polyphonic piece based on one main theme called?
Fugue
Sonata
Concerto
Madrigal
19
What was the name of the group who met and developed a form based on Greek tragedy?
The Council of Trent
The Librettists
The Camerata
The DeMedicis
20
What is the general texture of Baroque music?
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
Homophonic
21
What type of recitative is accompanied by only the basso continuo?
Strophic
Da Capo
Accompanied
Secco
22
Where did most ordinary people hear music?
Street festivals
Court concerts
Operas
Church
23
What are features of an orotorio?
Have a plot and characters
Not used in church
No acting, scenery, or costumes
Based on Old Testament stories
24
What is the theme that is ALWAYS played by the tutti and returns periodically called?
Ritornello
Motive
Subject
Motif
25
How does Handel achieve sharp mood changes?
Uses changes in timbre
Uses pulsing eighth notes in the low strings
Shifts from major to minor
Has large differences in dynamics
26
What are Terraced Dynamics?
Different instruments playing at different volume levels
Baroque name for crescendo and decrescendo
Sudden changes in dynamics
Volume levels for outdoor playing
27
How is Handel's music different from Bach?
Less complex than Bach
More dramatic than Bach
Contains more dissonance than Bach
More changes in texture than Bach
28
What is a chorale?
A choral piece with orchestral accompaniment
A religious piece sung outside of church
A piece for large choir
Hymns in the Lutheran church
29
What is a trio sonata?
A multi-movement piece for three instruments
A single movement piece with three contrasting sections
A piece with two high melodic lines and a basso continuo
A multi-movement piece with three movements
30
What is recitative?
Solo song
Sung dialogue or monologue
An instrumental interlude
A operatic voice type
31
What is a countersubject?
A brand new melody in a fugue
An inversion of the subject in a fugue
An entirely new subject in a fugue
Transitional sections in fugues
32
What are the soloists in a Concerto Grosso called?
Tutti
Ripieno
Concertino
Solo
33
What was Henry Purcell's only true opera?
Don Giovanni
Dido and Aeneas
Orfeo
Euridice
34
Which aria form is like ABA but with an embellished second A section?
Da Capo
Strophic
Recitative
Through composed
35
What is the main theme of a fugue called?
Ritornello
Motif
Motive
Subject
36
What is a independent section of a larger piece called?
Movement
Aria
Chapter
Coda
37
Who composed the earliest surviving opera?
Jacobo Peri
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Henry Purcell
Claudio Monteverdi
38
How many instruments are in a trio sonata?
Four
Three
Nine
Six
39
What is an aria?
A operatic voice type
Solo song
Sung dialogue or monologue
An instrumental interlude
40
What are two major features of
Orfeo?
Written about royalty
Variety of forms
Sung through
Flexible setting of the text
41
What became the harmonic basis for Baroque music?
Intervals
Modes
Chords
Melodies
42
What is considered the greatest English opera ever written?
Doctor Atomic
Dido and Aeneas
Venus and Adonis
Artaxerxes
43
What are the two major types of opera?
Oper Deutsch
Music Dramas
Opera Buffa
Opera Seria
44
What were the two types of music that made up the core of Handel's output?
Trio Sonatas
English orotorios
Italian Operas
French art song
45
What is the libretto?
The text of the opera
The type of story operas are based on
The score of the opera
The text of a madrigal
46
What did Monteverdi do to create emotional intensity?
Used word painting
Freely used dissonance
Focused on storytelling
Introduced pizzicato and tremolo
47
Monteverdi bridges which two eras?
Baroque
Renaissance
Medieval
Classical
48
What is Vivaldi's most popular work?
La Primavera (Spring)
Dido and Aeneas
Trio Sonata in A Minor
La cetra
49
What is a sonata?
A multi-movement piece for 1-8 instruments
A single movement piece for a solo instrument
A multi-movement piece for orchestra
A single movement piece for orchestra
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Who was considered the top English composed of his day?
Henry Purcell
Joseph Haydn
John Adams
Claudio Moneteverdi
