Unit 2: Baroque and Classical Music

Question 1

What is a piece written for two performers?

Accepted Answer

Duet

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a popular keyboard instrument in the Baroque and/or Classical Era

Accepted Answer

Xylophone

Question 3

In the patronage system, composers usually worked for what?

Accepted Answer

Room and Board

Question 4

What is sung speech in opera?

Accepted Answer

Recitative

Question 5

What is a combination of music, theater, costumes and dancing

Accepted Answer

Opera

Question 6

What is a piece of music for multiple soloists and orchestra

Accepted Answer

Concerto Grosso

Question 7

Who worked for the Esterhazy family and was called the “father” of many classical forms?

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 8

Which movement of a symphony is always fast?

Accepted Answer

1st

Question 9

Which movement of a symphony is the finale?

Accepted Answer

4th

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT religious/sacred piece of music?

Accepted Answer

Symphony

Question 11

What composer worked for King Louis XIV and accidentally stabbed himself in the foot?

Accepted Answer

Lully

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a meaning of Baroque?

Accepted Answer

Pretty

Question 13

Which movement of a symphony is always slow?

Accepted Answer

2nd

Question 14

Originally, if you called something Baroque, it was a what?

Accepted Answer

Insult

Question 15

What is a piece of music for a soloists and orchestra

Accepted Answer

Concerto

Question 16

What is a piece written for five performers

Accepted Answer

Quintet

Question 17

What composer had a uncontrolled temper and went deaf near the end of his life?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 18

The Classical Era was focused on what?

Accepted Answer

Musical Form

Question 19

Which movement of a symphony was sometimes omitted/left out?

Accepted Answer

3rd

Question 20

What is a piece written for eight performers

Accepted Answer

Octet

Question 21

What composer worked for George of Hanover and moved to England when George became king?

Accepted Answer

Handel

Question 22

What composer was a prodigy and wrote 700 pieces even though he died young?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 23

What is a piece written for three performers?

Accepted Answer

Trio

Question 24

What is a piece written for four performers?

Accepted Answer

Quartet

Question 25

Who came from a large musical family and is considered the greatest composer in history?

Accepted Answer

Bach

Question 26

Which movement of a symphony is based on a dance?

Accepted Answer

3rd

Question 27

What is a piece of music with four movements for orchestra

Accepted Answer

Symphony

Question 28

Who is given credit for starting the orchestra?

Accepted Answer

Lully

Question 29

What is an emotional song in an opera?

Accepted Answer

Aria

Question 30

What was added to orchestra in the classical era?

Accepted Answer

Wind Instruments

Unit 2: Baroque and Classical Music

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