Music Test study guide baroque period

The baroque period lasted from?

what is a successive repetition of a musical idea a higher or lower pitches, adding momentum to a piece

Late baroque period lasted between

A drama sung to orchestral accompaniment is known as

What form was foundational for the baroque concerto grosso and usually forms for the first and third movements

Baroque has meant at various times what?

Producers of early baroque opera looked back to _____ for material

Early Baroque period lasted from?

In Bachs time The lutheran church service was not the social event of the week

Dido and Aeneas was composed by

What is a polyphonic composition based one main theme, called a ____

concerto grosso consists of three movements

A sudden shift in dynamic level is a technique called

Monteverdi introduced both

Opera incorporates music, acting, scenery, and costumes

In Italy musi cschools were often connected with what

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 unusually features the ______ as a solo instrument

When did major and minor scales become the tonal basis of most compositions

Who was a composer during the renaissance period

How many concerti grosso did Vivaldi write

In a fugue, when a second voice introduces the subject in the dominant scale its called

What was often elaborate and feature complex ornamentations

The main theme of a fugue is the

concierto grosso is divided into three movements whose contrasting tempos are

Who were towering figures in baroque music?

opening piece in a opera

What is a opera based on

A duet involves how many singers

Vivaldi spent most of his life in

What was the most characteristic feature of baroque music

What constantly accompanies the subject in another voice

Bach was the music director at _____ for 27 years

Baroque music expresses a mood or emotional state known as

Who wanted to create a new vocal style modeled in music of Ancient Greek tragedies

sonata originated in Italy and spread to Germany , England, and France

castrato part in a baroque opera is often sung by a

First public opera house opened in venice in

Large scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra

Who shapes the entire work during a performance

The drive and energy associated with the baroque music comes from the repetition of what?

evolution of modern orchestra began with the

The notation of the bass part, with numbers is called

The baroque style was very well suited for _________

The cantata was originally a

Who is a singer who takes more comedic roles

Who spent most of his career at ST. marks church in Venice, Italy

is a repeated idea in the bass over which melodies change and evolve

The main keyboard instruments used during the baroque period were

Composers of the early baroque favored what textures in contrast to the elaborate polyphony of the late renaissance

Composers still were

how many moods per movement are represented and which emotional states

what is a large group of people that contrast with a smaller group in a concierto grosso

The use of the word movement is meant to describe a piece that sounds fairly

Bachs Brandenburg Concerto NO. 5 uses

What is a technique that involves holding a single tone while other voices change harmonies against it

Differenc between the early and late baroque periods

What is a ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of two tones that are a whole or half step apart

Bach was good in all forms of baroque music except opera

What is the main attraction for opera fans

vivaldi was a virtuoso violin player

during the baroque period who couldnt be employed as a music director or instrumentalists