sgq III-1_III-8

the music director of a court in the baroque period

a. supervised and directed the musical performances, organized the musical library b. composed much of the required music repaired the instruments when needed c. was responsible for the discipline of the other musicians, taught and supervised the children d. all statements in this question are true

tutti

The larger group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the ___

Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel

The two musical giants of the baroque period were ___ and ___

contrasts

a concerto grosso ___ a smaller group of performers against a larger group of performers

countersubject

a different, contrasting melodic idea that often accompanies the subject of a fugue is called a

eighty

a large court during the baroque period might employ more than ___ musicians

movement

a section that sounds fairly complete and independent but that is actually part of a larger composition is called a

pedal tone

a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices or tones produce a series of changing harmonies against it

spread from italy to practically every country in europe

by the middle of the baroque period, the baroque musical style had

orphanages

in italy, music schools were often connected with

church

in the baroque period, if you weren't a friend of the king, or an aristocrat your opportunities to hear fine music were mainly confined to the

early baroque

one of the most revolutionary periods in music history was the

opera

play, set to music and sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes, and action

basso buffo

singer with a low range who usually takes comic or otherwise humorous roles

terraced dynamics

the alternation between soft and loud dynamics during the baroque period is called

chiaroscuro

the art term which describes an essential element of all Baroque music which is the contrast between light and dark is

polyphonic

the basic musical texture of a fugue is

libretto

the book or text upon which an opera is based is called the

major and minor

the earlier medieval church modes which had been used for centuries gradually gave away to the ___ and ___ scales in the middle baroque

homophonic texture

the early baroque favored

ritornello

the first and last movements of a concerto grosso are often in ___ form

subject

the main theme or melody of a fugue is called a/an

super numeraries

the people on the opera stage who do not sing, but carry spears or other props, fill out crowds, drink wine, or do other things that add to the overall effect of the opera

flute, violin, harpsichord

the solo instruments in the smaller group of bach's brandenburg concerto no.5 1st movement are the ___, ___, and ___

episode

transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubjects

fast, slow, fast

A concerto grosso usually has three movements that contrast in tempo as well as style and are usually presented as ___, ___, and ____