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