Baroque Music

During the Baroque Period, professional musicians were expected to be accomplished improvisers.

A short song that can be thought of as a preface of what's to come.

Who wrote the oratorio The Messiah?

Comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning misshapen pearl, a negative description of heavily ornamented music

During the Baroque Period, brass instruments began to have valves.

Peices were in established key centres and used standard ______________________, such as perfect cadences.

A self-contained piece for one voice, with or without orchestral accompaniment, typically part of a larger work

The Baroque era was from 1400-1600

Which of the following is the musical period after the Baroque Period?

The Baroque orchestra was often directed from the harpsichord.

Provides the harmonic structure of the music.

A musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation

Usually composed in three parts or movements, in which a solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.

Particularly one of a serious character in which the subject uses long note values.

Who was known for his 555 keyboard sonatas?

The sunset evening prayer service in the Western Catholic, Eastern Catholic, etc.

The term Baroque means:

The Baroque orchestra was much smaller than today's orchestras.

Operas, Concertos, and Sonets were the three main musical forms of the Baroque period.

A hymn, psalm, or other song of praise.

Who wrote The St. Matthew Passion?

Which of the following is not one of the forms developed during the Baroque period?

One of the most popular instrumental dance forms in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite.

Who wrote Dido and Aeneas?

Who was a composer, virtuoso violinist, educator, and Roman Catholic Priest?

Style of delivery in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms of ordinary speech.

A lively Baroque dance originating from the British jig.

The Baroque Period lasted for how long?

Which of the following is the precursor to the piano?

Figured bass notation is similar to notaion in what mordern genre?

Which of the following was not an effect used by Baroque stringed instruments?

A canticle that’s frequently sung or spoken liturgically in Christian church services

A technique that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration.

Broken, arpeggiated texture in instrumental music.

Stile antico was only used in what type of settings?

iN 1607, Italian composer Claudio Monterverdi wrote the earliest surviving opera, L'Orfeo.

A principle of composing large-scale works.

The harpsichord is similar to the modern-day harp

Which is another word for ornate contropuntal music?

W. A. Mozart was one of the greatest composers of the Baroque period.

Refers to a slow and stately tempo.

Baroque means broken pearl.

A formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form.