MUTH 255 Fall 2019 Baroque Music

L'estro armonico, Vivaldi's Op. 3, was published

Which of the following are characteristic of sonatas da chiesa?

How many soloists does a concerto grosso typically have?

The vingt-quatre violons du roi were distributed as follows:

Italian opera of the late 17th century made extensive use of ballet.

The term "galanterien" designates

Oratorios were performed in church.

At Weimar, Bach's primary responsibility was as

At Anhalt-Cöthen, Bach wrote the majority of his sacred music.

The second volume of Georg Muffat's Florilegium is noteworthy for its

Bach never traveled more than 300 miles from the place of his birth.

An important composer of oratorios was

Giuseppe Torelli wrote trumpet concertos for

The career of Heinrich Schütz was impacted by the

Antonio Vivaldi spent the majority of his career in

Bach completed the Brandenburg Concertos while at Anhalt-Cöthen.

Which of the following are characteristic of sonatas da camera?

The Musical Offering was written for

In a tragédie lyrique, the divertissements contain

A simple, chordal harmonization of a recitation formula is known as a

When we refer to a "broken" consort, we mean an ensemble with

The Musical Offering is based on a musical subject by

Biagio Marini is noted for having

Heinrich Schütz studied in

The formal design of most Baroque dance movements is

The treatise 1716 L’art de toucher le clavecin; rev. 1717 was written by

The collection of preludes and fugues with one for each of the twelve major and twelve minor keys of the scale is

The genre of pieces called ricercari typically

The first movement of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D has a conspicuous solo part for

While at Arnstadt, Bach walked on foot to Lübeck to hear the music of

The first woman who wrote an opera was

Jean Philippe Rameau was the first music theorist to explain

Vivaldi's works are identified by thematic catalogue numbers that were assigned by

The concertos of Vivaldi's L'estro armonico were very much admired by this composer, who made solo keyboard arrangements

A full da capo  aria typically has how many sections?

The French Shakespeare of the 17th century was

Johann Sebastian Bach played

Which is not true of the historia

Italian opera of the late 17th century made extensive use of chorus.

The sarabanda is typically

In the Goldberg Variations, every third movement is a

The word "baroque" means

In French music, notes written as though equal are often played in unequal durations. This is known as

Which of the following were important families of violin makers?

Which of the following instrumental genres does not rely on imitative polyphony?

The execution of which monarch led to the Commonwealth Era?

Henry Purcell wrote incidental music for

Vivaldi was a prolific composer of concertos and wrote approximately

Antonio Vivaldi worked at the Pio Ospedale della Pieta, which was a

Recitativo secco is accompanied by