Baroque questions
The position of the composer during the baroque period was that of
a high-class servant with few personal rights
Modern historians use the term "baroque" to indicate
a particular style in the arts
The word "movement" in music normally refers to
a piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition
A characteristic often found in baroque melodies is
a short opening phrase followed by a longer phrase with an unbroken flow of rapid notes
Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using
an insistent rhythmic drive
Handel's Messiah is an example of..
an oratorio
Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and
ancient history
When the subject of a fugue is presented in the dominant scale, it is called the
answer
A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called a/an
aria
Bach's church music uses operatic forms such as the ____ and ____
aria, recitative
Presenting the subject of a fugue in lengthened time values is called
augmentation
A _________ is a singer with a low range who usually takes comic roles.
basso buffo
A bass part together with numbers (figures) that specify the chords to be played above it is called
basso continuo
A bass part together with numbers specifying chords to be played above it, characteristic of the baroque is called...
basso continuo
The most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of
basso continuo
A _________ is a singer with a very low range and powerful voice, who usually takes roles calling for great dignity.
basso profundo
A sung piece or choral work with or without vocal soloists, usually orchestral accompaniment, is the...
cantata
The ___ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune
chorale
The ___ is an instrumental composition based on a chorale
chorale prelude
The focus of a Handel oratorio is usually the
chorus
In the baroque period, the ordinary citizen's opportunities for hearing music usually came from the
church
A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by means of brass blades striking the strings was the
clavichord
A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced...
clavichord
The ____________ is the person who beats time, indicates expression, cues in musicians, and controls the balance among instruments and voices.
conductor
In many figures, the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice by a different melodic idea called a(n)
countersubject
Presenting the subject of a fugue in shortened time values is called
diminution
A(n) _________ is a musical number for two solo voices with orchestral accompaniment.
duet
Baroque melodies give the impression of
dynamic expansion
One of the most revolutionary periods in music history was the
early baroque
One of the most revolutionary periods in music history was the...
early baroque
Baroque melodies often are
elaborate and ornamental
Affections in baroque usage refers to
emotional states or moods of music
Affections in baroque usage refers to...
emotions states or moods of music
A(n) ___________ is an operatic number involving three or more leading singers.
ensemble
Transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject are called
episodes
The concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo markings are
fast, slow, fast
The tempo markings of the movements of a concerto grosso are usually ____, ____, and ____
fast, slow, fast
The early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the early baroque
favored homophonic texture
The solo instruments in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the _______, violin and harpsichord.
flute
The solo instruments in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the ____, ____, and _____
flute, violin, harpsichord
Fredrick the Great, king of Prussia, was a...
flutist, composer, general
In Bach's day, the Lutheran church service lasted about ___ hours
four
A polyphonic composition based on one main theme is the
fugue
Bach's works are unique in their combination of rich ___ and ___ texture
harmony, polyphonic
The main keyboard instruments of the baroque period were the organ and the
harpsichord
The early baroque was characterized by
homophonic texture
The early baroque was characterized by...
homophonic texture
The middle baroque was characterized by...
homophonic texture
Stretto
imitation of a subject before it is completed
The various dances of the baroque suite are usually
in AABB form
Turning the subject of a fugue upside down, or reversing the direction of each interval, is called
inversion
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is unusual in that
it gives a solo role to the harpsichord
Bach's personal music style was drawn from
italian concertos, french dance pieces, german church music
Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time in the ________ period.
late baroque
The text, or book, of a musical dramatic work is called the
libretto
Subject
main theme of a fugue
The medieval church modes gradually gave way to the _____ and ______ scales in the middle baroque
major and minor
Countersubject
melodic idea that constantly accompanies the subject of a fugue
Although all the movements of a baroque suite are written in the same key, they differ in
meter, national origin, tempo
A section that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition is called a...
movement
Members of the Camerata wanted to create a new vocal style based on the
music of the ancient Greek tragedies
The word "baroque" has at various times meant all of the following except
naturalistic
A baroque musical composition usually expresses _________ within the same movement.
one basic mood
An _________ is a play, set to music, sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes and action.
opera
Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except the...
opera
Although Handel wrote a great deal of instrumental music, the core of his huge output consists of English oratorios and Italian
operas
In their use of aria, duet, and recitative, Bach's cantatas closely resembled the ___ of the time
operas
Bach was recognized as the most eminent ____ of his day
organist
In addition to being a composer and opera impresario, Handel was a virtuoso...
organist
In Italy, music schools were often connected with
orphanages
An ____________ is an orchestral composition performed before the curtain rises on a dramatic work.
overture
To get a job, a musician had to
pass a difficult examination
Monteverdi, an early baroque composer, strove to create music that was
passionate and dramatic
A _______ is a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it.
pedal point
Very often an independent fugue is introduced by a short piece called a(n)
prelude
Retrograde
presentation of a subject from right to left, or beginning with the last note and proceeding backwards to the first
Augmentation
presentation of a subject in lengthened time values
Diminution
presentation of a subject in shortened time values
The music director of a baroque court was usually not responsible for
publicity in reaching an audience
________ refers to a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech.
recitative
The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by
repeated rhythmic patterns
Presenting the subject of a fugue from right to left, or beginning with the last and proceeding backward to the first note, is called
retrograde
The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in ____ form
ritornello
The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in _____ form.
ritornello
Pedal Point
single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it
________ is a musical procedure in which a fugue subject is imitated before it is completed.
stretto
The main theme of a fugue is called the
subject
Answer
subject of a fugue presented in the dominant
The music director of a court in the baroque period
supervised and directed the musical performances, composed much of the music required, and was responsible for the discipline of the other musicians
In the baroque era, dynamics consisted mainly of sudden alterations between loud and soft called
terraced dynamics
The alteration between soft and loud dynamics in baroque music is known as...
terraced dynamics
Handel's oratorios are usually based on...
the Old Testament
The members of the Camerata wanted the vocal line of their music to follow
the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech
Melodic sequence refers to
the successive repetition of a musical idea at higher or lower pitches
Terraced dynamics refers to
the sudden alteration from one dynamic level to another
A concerto grosso most often has ______ movement(s).
three
A concerto grosso usually has ____ movements
three
Episodes
transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject
A musical ornament consisting of the rapid alteration of two tones that are a whole of half step apart is a
trill
Inversion
turning of the subject of a fugue upside down, or reversing the direction of each interval
The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the
tutti
The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the...
tutti
The french overture has
two sections: slow-fast
The baroque principle of _______ may be temporarily suspended in vocal music when drastic changes of emotion in a text inspires corresponding changes in the music.
unity of mood
Composers in the middle baroque phase favored writing compositions for instruments of the ________ family.
violin
The orchestra evolved during the baroque period into a performing group based on instruments of the ________ family.
violin
What is not part of the baroque suite?
waltz
A collection of compositions that displays all the resources of fugue writing is Bach's...
Art of the Fugue
George Fredrick Handel was born in 1685, the same year as...
Johann Sebastian Bach
The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and
Johann Sebastian Bach
The two musical giants of the baroque were _____ and _____
Johann Sebastian Back, and George Frideric Handel
The longest period of Bach's professional life was spent as a director of music at St. Thomas church in...
Leipzig
The middle baroque was characterized by
a diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe
The early baroque period spanned the years
1600-1640
Baroque style flourished in music during the period
1600-1750
The middle baroque period spanned the years
1640-1690
By about _______, major or minor scales were the tonal basis of most compositions.
1680
The late baroque period spanned the years
1690-1750
Of Bach's 20 children, ___ went on to become well-known composers
4
A large court during the baroque period might employ about ____ performers
80
A large court during the baroque period might employ about ________ performers.
80
Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a
All answers are correct: flutist, general, composer
Which of the following statements is not true? A. Baroque art is a complex mixture of rationalism, sensuality, materialism and spirituality. B. The late baroque period was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history. C. Early baroque composers favored homophonic texture over the polyphonic texture typical of Renaissance music. D. Regardless of form, baroque music features contrasts between bodies of sound.
B. The late baroque period was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history.
Handel spent the major portion of his life in
England
Baroque suites frequently begin with a
French overture
A collection of twice 24 preludes and fugues, basic to the repertory of keyboard players today is Bach's...
The Well - Tempered Clavier
The first opera house in Europe to offer entry to anyone with the price of admission opened in 1637 in
Venice
