Baroque Music Exam review

Johann Sebastian Bach

What was the prominent family of instruments featured in a Baroque orchestra?

What did Bach originally play

What kind of people did successful Baroque composers write for?

Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time in the _____________ period.

Which of these composers is NOT a Baroque composer?

Vivaldi wrote:

Johann Sebastian Bach

What is the final song in Handel's oratorio, The Messiah?

How would you describe a trill?

How many children did Bach have?

What is recitative?

What was added to the orchestra at the end of the Baroque period?

True or False: The Baroque Orchestra was much bigger than a modern orchestra.

What was Handel's most famous composition?

During the Baroque Period, most ordinary people heard music in: 

What instrument did Vivaldi play?

The longest period of Johann Sebastian Bach's professional life was spent as director of Music at a church in what city?

Handel's Messiah is an example of _____________.

An Oratorio is...

The first oratorios were based on__________.

The Baroque Period

Which composer was in the Baroque Era?

Define concerto

Vivaldi innovated this form

What were the two most prominent keyboard instruments in the Baroque period?

George Frideric Handel is the "Father" of the:

Handel spent the majority of his life in ___________.

What does Dido do when Aeneas leaves her?

Handel's Oratorios were usually based on what text?

Most of Bach's music was written for.....

What instrument is not used in the Baroque Period?

Bach did not write music for this instrument...

Early Baroque opera was based on: 

What is the major difference between Oratorios and Cantatas?

Vivaldi was famous and influential as a virtuoso _____________.

Define oratorio

Why did Dido kill herself?

The text of an opera...

Antonio Vivaldi

The Baroque style was well suited to the ___________

A characteristic of Baroque music

What is the most popular keyboard instrument of the Baroque Era?