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V.2 Final Exam Baroque Review
V.2 Final Exam Baroque Review
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A Music History Quiz about the Baroque Era
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What is recitative?
A operatic voice type
An instrumental interlude
Sung dialogue or monologue
Solo song
2
Bach's music fused what two things?
Dance rhythms
Emotional depth
Operatic part writing
Technical mastery
3
What are features of an orotorio?
Not used in church
No acting, scenery, or costumes
Based on Old Testament stories
Have a plot and characters
4
What is the libretto?
The type of story operas are based on
The text of the opera
The score of the opera
The text of a madrigal
5
What are the two major types of opera?
Opera Buffa
Opera Seria
Oper Deutsch
Music Dramas
6
What is a collection of instrumental pieces based on dance rhythms?
A song cycle
A sonata
A concerto
A suite
7
Which form is based on alternation between the tutti and the soloists?
Theme and Variations
Ritornello
Sonata
Rondo
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What did Monteverdi do to create emotional intensity?
Used word painting
Introduced pizzicato and tremolo
Focused on storytelling
Freely used dissonance
9
Music was a major source of entertainment for which social class?
Middle Class
Lower Class
Music was equally consumed by all social classes
Nobility
10
What is an aria?
An instrumental interlude
A operatic voice type
Sung dialogue or monologue
Solo song
11
What is the main theme of a fugue called?
Motive
Motif
Ritornello
Subject
12
What is considered the greatest English opera ever written?
Doctor Atomic
Venus and Adonis
Dido and Aeneas
Artaxerxes
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What is a independent section of a larger piece called?
Aria
Coda
Chapter
Movement
14
What became the harmonic basis for Baroque music?
Melodies
Chords
Modes
Intervals
15
Which aria form has a repeated melody for each verse?
Through composed
Strophic
Recitative
Da Capo
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How does Handel achieve sharp mood changes?
Has large differences in dynamics
Uses pulsing eighth notes in the low strings
Shifts from major to minor
Uses changes in timbre
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Who was considered the top English composed of his day?
Claudio Moneteverdi
John Adams
Joseph Haydn
Henry Purcell
18
Which aria form is like ABA but with an embellished second A section?
Da Capo
Recitative
Strophic
Through composed
19
What is the accompaniment part written for bass instruments called?
Ostinato
Basso Continuo
Basso Buffo
Basso Profundo
20
Who composed the earliest surviving opera?
Claudio Monteverdi
Jacobo Peri
Henry Purcell
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
21
What instrument became associated with royalty in the Baroque?
Flute
Strings
Organ
Trumpet
22
Where did most ordinary people hear music?
Operas
Church
Street festivals
Court concerts
23
What are the soloists in a Concerto Grosso called?
Solo
Concertino
Tutti
Ripieno
24
What was the name of the group who met and developed a form based on Greek tragedy?
The Librettists
The DeMedicis
The Camerata
The Council of Trent
25
What is a chorale?
A religious piece sung outside of church
A choral piece with orchestral accompaniment
A piece for large choir
Hymns in the Lutheran church
26
What is a polyphonic piece based on one main theme called?
Concerto
Madrigal
Fugue
Sonata
27
What is the theme that is ALWAYS played by the tutti and returns periodically called?
Motive
Subject
Motif
Ritornello
28
What is Vivaldi's most popular work?
Trio Sonata in A Minor
La Primavera (Spring)
La cetra
Dido and Aeneas
29
What is the earliest surviving opera?
Orfeo
Euridice
Fidelio
Dido and Aeneas
30
What is Handel's best known orotorio?
Oreste
The Messiah
Joseph and his Brethren
Israel in Egypt
31
What opera did Monteverdi write for the Court of Mantua?
Dido and Aeneas
Fidelio
Orfeo
Euridice
32
What is a sonata?
A single movement piece for a solo instrument
A single movement piece for orchestra
A multi-movement piece for orchestra
A multi-movement piece for 1-8 instruments
33
What are two major features of
Orfeo?
Variety of forms
Sung through
Written about royalty
Flexible setting of the text
34
What is the general texture of Baroque music?
Heterophonic
Monophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic
35
Monteverdi bridges which two eras?
Renaissance
Medieval
Classical
Baroque
36
What is the instrumentation for Bass Continuo?
Keyboard instrument
Brass
Low melodic instrument
High Strings
37
What type of recitative is accompanied by the orchestra?
Strophic
Accompanied
Da Capo
Secco
38
What type of recitative is accompanied by only the basso continuo?
Accompanied
Da Capo
Strophic
Secco
39
What was Henry Purcell's only true opera?
Don Giovanni
Euridice
Orfeo
Dido and Aeneas
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What is an episode?
Transitional sections between presentations of the subject
An entirely new subject in a fugue
An inversion of the subject in a fugue
A brand new melody in a fugue
41
What is a countersubject?
An entirely new subject in a fugue
An inversion of the subject in a fugue
A brand new melody in a fugue
Transitional sections in fugues
42
What are features of a cantata?
Written for choir, soloists, orchestra, and/or organ
Used religious text
Sung in the local language
Multi-movement work
43
What is a repeated pattern in a bass line called?
Basso profundo
Ground Bass
Basso continuo
Basso ostinato
44
What are Terraced Dynamics?
Different instruments playing at different volume levels
Volume levels for outdoor playing
Baroque name for crescendo and decrescendo
Sudden changes in dynamics
45
What were the two types of music that made up the core of Handel's output?
French art song
Trio Sonatas
English orotorios
Italian Operas
46
What is a castrato?
The highest female voice type
A male singer castrated before puberty
The highest paid opera singers
The voice type that played heroic roles
47
How many instruments are in a trio sonata?
Three
Six
Nine
Four
48
What is a trio sonata?
A multi-movement piece with three movements
A single movement piece with three contrasting sections
A multi-movement piece for three instruments
A piece with two high melodic lines and a basso continuo
49
All of Monteverdi's music is of what genre?
Vocal
Monteverdi composed in all genres
Instrumental
Opera
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How is Handel's music different from Bach?
Less complex than Bach
More changes in texture than Bach
More dramatic than Bach
Contains more dissonance than Bach
