REVIEW: Early Music-Baroque

Question 1

All are considered Secular music except

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Organum

Question 2

A plainchant is an example of accompanied monophonic music.

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False

Question 3

What early baroque texture used a continuous bass line?

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Basso Continuo

Question 4

A _________emphasizes text with accurate declaration and drives the opera’s plot forward

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Recitative

Question 5

What genre got its start in the Early Baroque period and is prevalent today?

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Sonata

Question 6

This genre was the first large body of secular songs. Written and performed by nobles.

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Troubadour songs

Question 7

The birth of polyphony coincides with the innovation of this musical genre:

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Organum

Question 8

This composer wrote the Pope Marcellus Mass and is one of the most beloved composers of sacred music.

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Palestrina

Question 9

The movements of a dance suite are all in the same key.

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True

Question 10

How many Brandenburg Concerti did Bach write?

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Six

Question 11

High Renaissance Style is characterized by alternation and balance between imitative counter point and..

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Homophony

Question 12

Recitation, Sequence, and Antiphone are the the 3 types of Plainchant

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True

Question 13

Which texture is the most common to the Baroque era?

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Polyphonic

Question 14

A cantata is a multi-movement work unified by:

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A chorale tune

Question 15

Composers used this technique to set the text of vocal music for clarity.

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Accurate declamation

Question 16

Recitative is an extended piece for a solo singer that is very elaborate than an aria.

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True

Question 17

The root of the word "Motet" tells you that the most important aspect of this genre is the:

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Text

Question 18

Select all that apply. Handel was known for writing:

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oratorios

Questions 18