Test 3 Review

The orchestral introduction at the beginning of an opera is called:

What would listeners hear in a typical Bach chorale?

The stories for oratorios are generally drawn from:

A highly emotional song in an opera is called a(n):

The text of an opera is called the:

Which of the following does NOT describe the chorale?

Martin Luther believed that music belonged to the:

Handel’s Messiah is a(n):

Which of the following was the greatest and most prolific Italian composer of concertos?

The subject of the second part of Messiah is:

The sacred cantata was an integral part of the:

Handel’s Water Music is best described as a:

The instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar bodies of sound is called a:

The Baroque writers, artists, and musicians whose aim was to resurrect the musical drama of ancient Greece was known as:

The expansion of the chorale with new poetry resulted in the:

The approximate dates of the Baroque period are:

A drama that is sung is called a(n):

Johann Sebastian Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on the:

Which of the following is Handel’s most famous oratorio, frequently performed today?

The artificially created male soprano or alto voice that dominated Baroque opera was known as the:

Which of the following does NOT characterize the oratorio?

The ideas and music of the Florentine Camerata led directly to the development of:

The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called:

Which of the following is Vivaldi’s best-known set of concertos?

Antonio Vivaldi was known as the “red priest” for: