Music Test study guide baroque period

First public opera house opened in venice in

What is a opera based on

Monteverdi introduced both

A sudden shift in dynamic level is a technique called

Who shapes the entire work during a performance

What is a technique that involves holding a single tone while other voices change harmonies against it

The drive and energy associated with the baroque music comes from the repetition of what?

sonata originated in Italy and spread to Germany , England, and France

The main theme of a fugue is the

What is a polyphonic composition based one main theme, called a ____

Early Baroque period lasted from?

In Italy musi cschools were often connected with what

concerto grosso consists of three movements

vivaldi was a virtuoso violin player

concierto grosso is divided into three movements whose contrasting tempos are

Producers of early baroque opera looked back to _____ for material

What constantly accompanies the subject in another voice

opening piece in a opera

The notation of the bass part, with numbers is called

What is the main attraction for opera fans

The main keyboard instruments used during the baroque period were

Bach was the music director at _____ for 27 years

Baroque music expresses a mood or emotional state known as

Who were towering figures in baroque music?

Bachs Brandenburg Concerto NO. 5 uses

Composers still were

castrato part in a baroque opera is often sung by a

Large scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra

The baroque style was very well suited for _________

What form was foundational for the baroque concerto grosso and usually forms for the first and third movements

What was often elaborate and feature complex ornamentations

Baroque has meant at various times what?

Who is a singer who takes more comedic roles

evolution of modern orchestra began with the

how many moods per movement are represented and which emotional states

what is a successive repetition of a musical idea a higher or lower pitches, adding momentum to a piece

Who wanted to create a new vocal style modeled in music of Ancient Greek tragedies

In Bachs time The lutheran church service was not the social event of the week

What is a ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of two tones that are a whole or half step apart

A drama sung to orchestral accompaniment is known as

what is a large group of people that contrast with a smaller group in a concierto grosso

Late baroque period lasted between

Dido and Aeneas was composed by

Opera incorporates music, acting, scenery, and costumes

Vivaldi spent most of his life in

The baroque period lasted from?

A duet involves how many singers

How many concerti grosso did Vivaldi write

during the baroque period who couldnt be employed as a music director or instrumentalists

Bach was good in all forms of baroque music except opera

What was the most characteristic feature of baroque music

is a repeated idea in the bass over which melodies change and evolve

Who spent most of his career at ST. marks church in Venice, Italy

Differenc between the early and late baroque periods

Who was a composer during the renaissance period

The use of the word movement is meant to describe a piece that sounds fairly

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 unusually features the ______ as a solo instrument

In a fugue, when a second voice introduces the subject in the dominant scale its called

Composers of the early baroque favored what textures in contrast to the elaborate polyphony of the late renaissance

The cantata was originally a

When did major and minor scales become the tonal basis of most compositions