Week Nine - Baroque Instrumental - Smartbook Assignment

Select all the ways a fugue differs from a round, such as Row, Row, Row Your Boat.

- In a fugue, a new voice presents the subject in a different key, whereas in a round a new voice starts in the same key. - In a fugue, unlike a round, a voice can change to a new melody after presenting the subject.

Select all the statements that describe the cantata.

- It is a work for one or more voices with instruments. - It was an important genre in the baroque period.

Select all the statements that apply to the early baroque Italian cantata.

- It was a secular genre. - It dealt with love and ancient mythology.

Select all the characteristics that are present in the second movement, Air, of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major.

- It was written in the style of an Italian aria. - It is unrelated to a dance genre. - It is peaceful and lyrical.

Select all the instruments listed that play in the first movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major.

- Oboes - Timpani - Trumpets

Select all the activities in which Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre engaged during her lifetime.

- Played harpsichord at the court of King Louis XIV - Taught the harpsichord

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the sounds that represent birdsong in this passage from the first movement of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

- Repeated notes among the violins - High trills

Select all the statements about Barbara Strozzi.

- She was a virtuoso singer as a teenager. - She composed cantatas for solo soprano and continuo.

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the instruments used in this clip from the second movement of Vivaldi's La Primavera.

- Solo violin - Violin section - Viola section

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the sounds in the selection that suggest thunder and lightning.

- String tremolos - Rapid scales

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the instruments that are used in the fourth movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major.

- Strings - Basso continuo instruments - Timpani - Woodwinds - Trumpets

Which dance inspires the fourth movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major?

Bourrée

For which type of composition is Vivaldi mostly known?

His concertos

In which country did the sonata genre originate?

Italy

Listen to the audio clip. What does this selection include that is typical of baroque music?

Terraced dynamics

What was a leading genre of vocal music during the baroque period?

The cantata

True or false: Bach was a very religious man who dedicated all of his sacred music to God.

True

True or false: The movements of a baroque suite usually have two sections which repeat.

True

What is typically featured in the fast movements of the concertos written by Vivaldi?

Tuneful themes with vigorous rhythms

Listen to the audio clip. Which element in the second movement of Vivaldi's La Primavera serves to project a sense of pastoral tranquility?

Unchanging texture

Although Johann Sebastian Bach had many talents, during his lifetime he was primarily known as an excellent ______.

organist

Listen to the audio clip. This musical selection is from which movement of Suite No. 3 in D Major by J. S. Bach?

the second movement (Air)

Besides being a great organist and composer, Bach was a renowned ______.

improviser

Arcangelo Corelli wrote only ______ music.

instrumental

Select all the characteristics of the fast section of the first movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major.

- A fugue-like beginning - Alternation of tutti and violin passages - An upward-moving theme

Select all the statements describe the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.

- Bach's was the director of music at a church in Leipzig. - Four of Bach's sons were composers. - His most successful post was working for the prince of Cöthen.

Select all the characteristics of the third movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major.

- Duple meter - Moderate tempo - Full orchestra

Select all the types of works composed by Jacquet de la Guerre.

- French cantatas - Sonatas for violin - Ballet

Select all the musical resources on which J. S. Bach's personal composing style was based.

- French dance pieces - German church music - Italian concertos

Select all the characteristics of the second movement of Vivaldi's La Primavera.

- There are fewer instruments than in the first movement. - The overall sound is peaceful and slow. - It is in a minor key, providing a strong contrast to the bright first movement.

Select the two instruments that provide great contrast between different parts of the third movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major.

- Timpani - Trumpet

Which Italian baroque composer was also a prominent violinist who laid the foundations of modern violin technique?

Arcangelo Corelli

Where did Vivaldi work most of his life as a teacher, composer, and conductor?

At a school for orphaned girls

Which composer published eight volumes of vocal music in the twenty years between 1644 and 1664?

Barbara Strozzi

Which opera was written by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre?

Cephale and Procis

Which baroque French composer was a child prodigy and harpsichordist?

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

True or false: Vivaldi's music, which was popular in his lifetime, had a continuous, unbroken influence on future generations.

False

What is the format of a trio sonata?

Four instrumentalists playing two upper and one lower part

Which dance inspires the third movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major?

Gavotte

Where and when was the composer Barbara Strozzi born?

In Venice in 1619

What conclusion can be drawn from the amount of instrumental music written by Bach?

Instrumental music became more important during the baroque period.

What is a baroque sonata?

Instrumental music consisting of several movements

Which instruments appear in the second movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major?

Only strings and basso continuo

What is playing a single, low tone while one or more voices are presented called?

Pedal point

What does a suite composition feature?

Several movements based on dances