A musical work about Christ's suffering on the cross.

What does Virtuoso mean?

Someone highly skilled in musical performance

What is "Basso Continuo"?

A bass part written with numbers to indicate chords

A hymn from the Lutheran tradition

The text of an opera or cantata

Lengthy sacred musical work for chorus and orchestra

Composition using contrast between groups

What does Contrapuntal mean?

Two or more independent lines of music sounding together.

In a patronage system:

composers write exclusively for their employer

What is the Doctrine of Affections?

The practice of projecting emotions in music

An instrumental piece for soloist or small group

Ground Bass (Basso ostinato)

A repeating bass pattern with a melody above

Equal temperment tuning is:

Adjusting intervals in a scale so all half steps are the same

What is meant by Terraced Dynamics?

Abrupt changes in volume common to the Baroque period

What is Antiphonal Singing?

Divided choirs singing back and forth

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What is a "Passion"?
A musical work about Christ's suffering on the cross.
A musical work about Christmas
A musical work about creation
2
First composer to use dynamic markings
George F. Handel
J.S. Bach
Giovanni Gabrieli
Antonio Vivaldi
3
What does Virtuoso mean?
Someone who leads an orchestra
Someone highly skilled in musical performance
Someone who writes music
4
The focus of Baroque music was
emotional expression
folk songs
restraint
5
What is "Basso Continuo"?
A singer who won't stop singing
A Baroque organ
A bass part written with numbers to indicate chords
A repeated bass line with melody above
6
What is a Cantata?
A religious story set to music
A plucked keyboard instrument
An instrumental piece for soloist
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Country that was an early center of musical progress
England
Canada
Germany
Italy
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What is a Chorale?
A hymn from the Lutheran tradition
An early piano
A song about sheep
A large orchestra
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define Libretto
A bass pattern that repeats with a melody above
The text of an opera or cantata
The conductor's score
10
Composer who developed the modern violin section
Giovanni Gabrieli
George Frideric Handel
Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
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harpsichord
A plucked keyboard instrument
A harp used in an orchestra
Another name for guitar
12
Define Oratorio
Lengthy sacred musical work for chorus and orchestra
A piece with contrast between groups
A fancy sandwich cookie
An instrumental piece for soloist
13
Concerto grosso
Composition using percussion
Composition using contrast between groups
Composition using solo singers
Composition for recorders
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What does Contrapuntal mean?
Two or more independent lines of music sounding together.
An instrumental piece for soloist
A type of formal dance
15
Melody with accompaniment is this texture:
Polyphony
Homophony
Unison
Counterpoint
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What modes survived into the Baroque period?
Phrygian and Lydian
Locrian and Mixolydian
half steps and whole steps
Major and minor
17
In a patronage system:
composers attempt to put emotions in the music
composers write exclusively for their employer
all intervals in a scale consist of equal half steps
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The practice of presenting musical ideas in a song/speech style
Homophony
aria
polyphony
recitative
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Leading Baroque composer, wrote for the organ
Antonio Vivaldi
G.F. Handel
J. S. Bach
J.B. Lully
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What is the Doctrine of Affections?
Adjusting the intervals of a scale so all half notes are equal.
The practice of projecting emotions in music
Abrupt changes of volume
Meetings to discuss Protestantism
21
Dates of the Baroque period
What is time, really?
1450-1600
1750-1840
1600-1750
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What is a Sonata?
A plucked keyboard instrument
A vocal piece for soprano
An instrumental piece for soloist or small group
23
Ground Bass (Basso ostinato)
a singer with a very low voice
a bass part with numbers to indicate what chord to play
A repeating bass pattern with a melody above
24
A prolific Baroque composer who wrote many flute pieces
Giovanni Gabrieli
George Frideric Handel
George Philip Telemann
Jean Baptiste Lully
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Equal temperment tuning is:
Using one instrument to tune another
Assigning moods to the different keys to communicate emotions
abrupt changes in volume
Adjusting intervals in a scale so all half steps are the same
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Composer of The Messiah
Arcangelo Corelli
George Frideric Handel
Antonio Vivaldi
George Philip Telemann
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The most famous Oratorio of all time
The Messiah
Dido and Aeneas
Three Penny Opera
The Last Note
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What is meant by Terraced Dynamics?
Melody with accompaniment
Abrupt changes in volume common to the Baroque period
Divided choirs singing back and forth
Volume levels that gradually change
29
What is Antiphonal Singing?
using earpieces to listen with
Soloists singing with instruments
Choirs singing in Latin
Divided choirs singing back and forth
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Two Baroque Opera composers
Haydn and Berg
Abbott and Costello
Beethoven and Mozart
Purcell and Monteverdi

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