Music History Baroque Quiz

This group intently studied the writings of the ancient Greeks about music.

Which of the following refers to picees based on a traditional bass line or harmonic progression?

Orotorios are so called becasue they originally

You find a music manuscript that sets a poem's vivid words with unprepared dissonances. Who is a probable composer?

Bach's music was popular and well known during his lifetime

What does the increase of printed music for instruments alone during the seventeenth century indicate?

Vivaldi wrote most of his concerti for what instrument?

Collections such as The Art of Fugue and The Well-Tempered Clavier reflect Bach's _______ approach to composition

Why do the genres of Bach's musical output differ for each city in which he worked?

At the end of his career, Heinrich Schutz advocated that composers

In the 1600's, French airs de cour sometimes were performed during ballets

Vivaldis concerti for the Pieta were designed to be both educational and entertaining

Which of the following helped stimulate music publications, opera houses, and public concerts?

Lully died of an infection resulting from a conducting-related injury

Which of the following was not typically included in a suite?

Monteverdi, Gabrieli, and Grandi were all associated with what institution?

You find a previously lost opera by Henry Purcell. What elements might it contain?

Giovanni Gabrieli's Sonata pian'e forte was among the first compositions that had specific instruments in printed parts

In what context was the stile antico most likely to he heard in the middle of the seventeenth century?

Which person is most closely associated with Le nuove musiche (New Pieces of Music)?

During the early 1600's, a piece in an improvisatory style often was called a

The three part texture of a trio sonata typically called for how many instruments?

Dieterich Buxtehude's toccatas are noted for displaying the organ's idiomatic qualities

In music, the Baroque period lasted from approximately

Musicians used a variety of tuning systems in the 1700s

Ritornello refers to

The practice of creating castrati developed because

A young J.S. Bach walked over 200 miles to hear this person perform

What motivated the development and improvement of wind instruments in seventeenth-century France?

What is the general name for a repeating pattern in the lowest voice of a composition?