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Baroque Quiz Part I
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A Music History Quiz about the beginning of the Baroque Era
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What are the soloists in a Concerto Grosso called?
Solo
Concertino
Ripieno
Tutti
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What type of recitative is accompanied by only the basso continuo?
Accompanied
Da Capo
Strophic
Secco
3
Monteverdi bridges which two eras?
Renaissance
Classical
Baroque
Medieval
4
What is a independent section of a larger piece called?
Movement
Chapter
Aria
Coda
5
What are two major features of
Orfeo?
Variety of forms
Sung through
Written about royalty
Flexible setting of the text
6
What type of recitative is accompanied by the orchestra?
Da Capo
Secco
Accompanied
Strophic
7
What is the main theme of a fugue called?
Motive
Ritornello
Subject
Motif
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What is a castrato?
The highest paid opera singers
A male singer castrated before puberty
The voice type that played heroic roles
The highest female voice type
9
What is the general texture of Baroque music?
Heterophonic
Monophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic
10
What are the two major types of opera?
Music Dramas
Opera Buffa
Oper Deutsch
Opera Seria
11
Who composed the earliest surviving opera?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Claudio Monteverdi
Jacobo Peri
Henry Purcell
12
What was Henry Purcell's only true opera?
Dido and Aeneas
Don Giovanni
Euridice
Orfeo
13
What was the name of the group who met and developed a form based on Greek tragedy?
The DeMedicis
The Librettists
The Camerata
The Council of Trent
14
What instrument became associated with royalty in the Baroque?
Organ
Strings
Trumpet
Flute
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What is an aria?
A operatic voice type
Solo song
Sung dialogue or monologue
An instrumental interlude
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Music was a major source of entertainment for which social class?
Lower Class
Music was equally consumed by all social classes
Middle Class
Nobility
17
What is recitative?
A operatic voice type
An instrumental interlude
Solo song
Sung dialogue or monologue
18
What did Monteverdi do to create emotional intensity?
Freely used dissonance
Focused on storytelling
Used word painting
Introduced pizzicato and tremolo
19
What became the harmonic basis for Baroque music?
Melodies
Modes
Intervals
Chords
20
What is considered the greatest English opera ever written?
Artaxerxes
Dido and Aeneas
Doctor Atomic
Venus and Adonis
21
Which form is based on alternation between the tutti and the soloists?
Sonata
Theme and Variations
Rondo
Ritornello
22
Where did most ordinary people hear music?
Church
Court concerts
Operas
Street festivals
23
What is the accompaniment part written for bass instruments called?
Basso Continuo
Basso Buffo
Basso Profundo
Ostinato
24
Who was considered the top English composed of his day?
Henry Purcell
John Adams
Joseph Haydn
Claudio Moneteverdi
25
What is the exception to Unity of Mood?
String Music
Church Music
Vocal Music
Secular Music
26
What was the general texture of Opera?
Homophonic
Mixed textures
Monophonic
Polyphonic
27
All of Monteverdi's music is of what genre?
Vocal
Opera
Monteverdi composed in all genres
Instrumental
28
What are Terraced Dynamics?
Different instruments playing at different volume levels
Sudden changes in dynamics
Baroque name for crescendo and decrescendo
Volume levels for outdoor playing
29
Who was in charge of all music related business for a noble or a church?
Music Director
Court Composer
Music Librarian
Court Director
30
What opera did Monteverdi write for the Court of Mantua?
Euridice
Dido and Aeneas
Orfeo
Fidelio
31
Which aria form is like ABA but with an embellished second A section?
Strophic
Da Capo
Recitative
Through composed
32
What is the libretto?
The text of the opera
The score of the opera
The type of story operas are based on
The text of a madrigal
33
What is the earliest surviving opera?
Euridice
Fidelio
Orfeo
Dido and Aeneas
34
Which aria form has a repeated melody for each verse?
Through composed
Strophic
Recitative
Da Capo
35
What is a polyphonic piece based on one main theme called?
Fugue
Sonata
Madrigal
Concerto
36
What is the instrumentation for Bass Continuo?
Low melodic instrument
Brass
High Strings
Keyboard instrument
37
What is an episode?
An inversion of the subject in a fugue
An entirely new subject in a fugue
A brand new melody in a fugue
Transitional sections between presentations of the subject
38
What is the theme that is ALWAYS played by the tutti and returns periodically called?
Subject
Motive
Ritornello
Motif
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What is a repeated pattern in a bass line called?
Basso continuo
Ground Bass
Basso profundo
Basso ostinato
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What is a countersubject?
A brand new melody in a fugue
An entirely new subject in a fugue
Transitional sections in fugues
An inversion of the subject in a fugue
