Baroque Era Questions

J.S. Bach's entire career was spent in a contracted area of Germany that is smaller than most of the States in America.

An____________ is a large religious musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists

Which of the following is an instrument that was NOT used during the baroque period?

Bach was best known during his lifetime for his skill to write music for, and play the

A ____________ concerto is a concerto in which a single soloist is accompanied by an orchestra.

The composer who is know for The Four Seasons is

Much of the technology used in current Broadway or commercial plays was invented and developed during the Baroque era.

The composer who is know for Messiah is

The popularity and success of the baroque style was encouraged by the ____________.

Orchestral__________ is an instrumental opening to most of the operas, and some are based on melodies from the arias.

Many secular cantatas were composed for events for the public.

Bach notated most or all of the details of his melodic lines.

The Doctrine of the Affections was a theory in the aesthetics of painting, music, and theater.

During the Baroque Era, cantatas were in great demand for the services of the Lutheran Church.

The solo concerto is confined to the baroque period only.

Oratorios usually contain all of the following except.....

____________ is a formal song in which individual characters expresses their emotions.

After his death, Bach’s reputation as a composer at first declined.

Handel had no composer to teach him how to write music for chorus.

In an oratorio there is interaction between the characters, and lots of props or elaborate costumes.

The Baroque Era bagan around ____________ in Rome, Italy, and spread to most of Europe.

___________ was known as the "red-headed" priest.

All of the following are characteristics of cantata except.....

All of the following are innovations in music from the baroque era except......

Handel had such a strong propensity to music; his father strictly forbade him to meddle with any musical instrument.

____________ is the plot-driving passages sung in a style designed to imitate and emphasize the inflections of speech.

Monteverdi wrote only 5 books of Magrigals.

A concerto is single movement work for solo piano

The composer who is know for Orfeo is

A fairly clear, shared element of Baroque music is a love of ornamentation.

The __________ era is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion.

From early 17th century until late 18th, the opera for one or two solo voices only was the primary vocal form of Italy.

All of the following are characteristics of opera except.....

All of the following were inventions of the Baroque Era except.....

A __ is a sacred vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment involving primarily choir.

A typical concerto has the following structure with regards to movement

The composer who is know for The Little Fugue in G minor is

All of the following are characteristics of oratorio except.....

___________ are the words of an opera. Some composers wrote their own texts; some collaborated with their hired writers.

A fugue is a monophonic work