Chapter 10: Baroque Instrumental Music

Which of the following musical excerpts is a gigue, and which is a minuet?

gigue 0:01 Bach, Cello Suite No. 2 minuet 0:02 Handel, Royal Fireworks Music

In a concerto that is in ritornello form, the ritornello alternates with what?

solo sections

A self-contained section of music that sounds complete in and of itself but is part of a large work is known as a(n) ____________.

movement

The musical technique heard here is known as what? 0:05 Bach, Prelude in G Minor

trill

Match each section from the first movement of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in E Major (Spring) to the Springtime image it represents.

page 120, there is a song, 0:28 sound of bird, 1:34 sound of thunderstorms and the last one is the gentle breeze birds chirping -sounds like multiple strokes of sound to make a bird like tone murmuring streams and gentle breezes - sounds like a movie, very soft and calming a thunderstorm -the sound that is very everywhere and sounds chaotic

A dominant feature of Bach's Prelude in G Minor is its use of what?0:15

repetition

Many movements of Baroque concertos, especially the first and the third, are in what form?

ritornello

Match the work to its composer.

Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons George Frederic Handel Royal Fireworks Music Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concertos

Listen to the solos from Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra, first movement, and identify which instruments provide the accompaniment for each solo section.

Solo section 1: violins and violas 0:05 Solo section 2: archlute and cello 0:17

Which is the most important instrumental genre of the Baroque era?

concerto

Which of the following musical excerpts contains the subject of Bach's Fugue in G Minor?

excerpt 1 0:05

The main theme of a fugue is known as the what?

subject

What is the term for a collection of miscellaneous dances grouped together?

suite