Baroque Music 2

Question 1

An extremely talented musician

Accepted Answer

Virtuoso

Question 2

What language is used for most musical terms?

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Italian

Question 3

What larger group of instrumental performers began during the Baroque Period?

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The orchestra

Question 4

George Frideric Handel worked for the king of which country?

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England

Question 5

For whom or what did Johann Sebastian Bach mostly work?

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The Church

Question 6

What two groups could afford to hire musicians during the Baroque period?

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Aristocracy (monarchy) and the Church

Question 7

Which type of singing in Messiah involved a large group of singers?

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Chorus

Question 8

What does vocal music mean?

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Music that is sung

Question 9

Which style of vocal music is a mix between spoken and sung?

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Recitative

Question 10

What is the name of George Frideric Handel's famous oratorio?

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Messiah

Question 11

To which class of people did musicians belong during the Baroque Period?

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The servant class

Question 12

Name the musical form where an orchestra played with a soloist who showed off a little.

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Concerto

Question 13

What are the main characteristics of opera?

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Non-religious and performed with costumes and scenery

Question 14

Which form is it?

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Solo concerto

Question 15

Which style of singing has more of a melody and allows the singer to show off with melismas?

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Aria (or Air)

Question 16

What form is this piece of music?

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Soanta

Question 17

What kind of texture does it have?

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Polyphonic, homophonic

Question 18

Which part it is this piece of music?

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Recitative

Question 19

The Baroque Period happened between which years?

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1600-1750

Question 20

Compound instrumental forma composed by a sequence of severa dance movements

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Suite

Question 21

Name the musical idea where the tempo (speed) of the music stays steady from beginning to end.

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Driving Rhythm/ Mechanic rhythm

Question 22

Where was the "heartbeat" of the Baroque period?

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Italy

Question 23

This form can be composed for a solo instrument, duo or a trio with basso continuo

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Sonata

Question 24

What was the first type of music invented for the everyday person to hear live music?

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Opera

Question 25

What are the main characteristics of an oratorio?

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Religious stories and no costumes or scenery

Question 26

Two instruments (one playing chords, one playing low notes) accompanying a soloist

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Basso Continuo

Question 27

Who were the two major composers of the Baroque period?

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Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel

Question 28

They were male castrated before puberty in order to avoid voice change

Accepted Answer

Castrati

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