[COMPLETE] Unit 6 Part III: The Baroque Period I & Unit 7 Part III: The Baroque Period II

Why did Purcell add dances to his opera Dido and Aeneas?

Because the principal of the school where it was performed was a dancer

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

Bourrée

What did Handel do after the failure of the Royal Academy of Music opera company, where Handel was the musical director?

He formed a new company to produce his works.

How does the baroque composer Handel generally utilize the parameter of texture in his compositions?

He used contrast between polyphonic and homophonic sections.

Select all the ways that Monteverdi made his music more expressive and intense.

He used dissonance extensively. He blended music and drama. He employed new orchestral effects.

Listening ID | PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Henry Purcell

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Henry Purcell

Which baroque composer is considered one of the greatest native-born English composers?

Henry Purcell

For which type of composition is Vivaldi mostly known?

His concertos

Critical Listening | MONTEVERDI, Act II: Tu se' morta (You are dead), from Orfeo (Orpheus) Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen, pay particular attention to the texture, meter, rhythm, tempo, and pitch. MONTEVERDI, Act II: Tu se' morta (You are dead), from Orfeo (Orpheus) Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. What is the texture of the music here? What is the texture of the music here? Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS]

Homophonic

Listen to the audio clip. What is the musical texture of this excerpt from Handel's Hallelujah Chorus? (18 seconds)

Homophonic

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Smithsonian Chamber Players: Jaap Schröder, violin; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello; Konrad Junghanel, theorbo; Jaems Weaver, organ(P) 1989 The Smithsonian InstitutionCourtesy of The Smithsonian Institution What is the texture of this excerpt?

Homophonic

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the statements that apply to this selection from the seventh movement of Cantata No. 140 by J. S. Bach.(24 seconds)

It uses regular rhythms. It has a homophonic texture for four voices. Its sound is rich with full harmonies.

Select all the statements that describe the cantata.

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

Select all the statements describing Te Deum, Jacquet de la Guerre's last composition.

It was originally performed in the early 1700s. It was performed to celebrate the recovery of the child Louis XV. It is a work for large chorus.

During the 1600s, where did many public opera houses open?

Italy

In which country did the sonata genre originate?

Italy

Listening ID | BACH, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Listening ID | BACH, Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Required information Listening ID | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Required information Listening ID | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), fourth movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Whose death marked the end of the baroque period in music?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Select all the musical genres G. F. Handel composed.

Keyboard works Oratorios Operas Concertos

Required information Listening ID | VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

La Primavera (Spring), from The Four Seasons, I

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

La Primavera (Spring), from The Four Seasons, I

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

La Primavera (Spring), from The Four Seasons, II

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the sounds in the selection that suggest thunder and lightning. (19 seconds)

String tremolos Rapid scales

Arcangelo Corelli is mostly known for being a Baroque composer of which genre?

String works

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists This excerpt features the ritornello played by which instruments?

Strings

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. (20 seconds)

Strings Timpani Trumpets Basso continuo instruments Woodwinds

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. For what instruments is this music scored?

Strings and continuo

Select all the requirements often needed for being hired as a town musician in the baroque period.

Submitting compositions Performing as part of an examination Making a payment to the town treasury

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

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

Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted from Handel's Messiah is sung by a(n) ______.

Tenor

Which voice is featured in the fourth movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140 singing the chorale tune?

Tenor

Listen to the audio clip. What does this selection include that is typical of baroque music? (30 seconds)

Terraced dynamics

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

The cantata

Which statement describes the voices of the first movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140?

The chorale is sung by the sopranos, imitated by the lower voices, and accompanied by the orchestra.

Select all the statements describing the harmonization of chorales in the Lutheran church in Bach's time.

The chorales were often harmonized for church choirs. The tones of the supporting harmonies were sung in the lower parts. The hymn melody was sung in the top part.

Which of the following serves to generate atmosphere and comment on the action of an opera?

The chorus

Listen to the audio clip. Which musical element in the third movement of Vivaldi's La Primavera most suggests a light, playful mood? (28 seconds)

The dotted rhythms of the theme

Required information Listening ID | HANDEL, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Which statement most accurately describes... Which statement most accurately describes the texture of this excerpt?

The excerpt moves from monophonic to polyphonic to homophonic.

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Which statement most accurately describes the texture of this excerpt?

The excerpt moves from monophonic to polyphonic to homophonic.

What is the contrast between the two sections in the first movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major?

The first section is slow and triumphant, and the second section is fast and energetic.

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

True

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the instruments that are used in the fifth movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major to create a triumphant, processional effect. (28 seconds)

Trumpets Timpani

Listening ID | MONTEVERDI, Act II: Tu se' morta (You are dead), from Orfeo (Orpheus) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] What is the title of this piece?

Tu se' morta, from Orfeo

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] What is the title of this piece?

Tu se' morta, from Orfeo

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

Tuneful themes with vigorous rhythms

Which instruments play the top voices of Corelli's Trio Sonata in A minor?

Two violins

Listen to the audio clip. Which element in the second movement of Vivaldi's La Primavera serves to project a sense of pastoral tranquility? (20 seconds)

Unchanging texture

What term refers to the baroque music principle in which one affection, such as grief or agitation, is represented throughout a work?

Unity of mood

Select all the terms that describe a typical baroque melody.

Unwinding Unfolding

In which city did the first public opera house opened in 1637?

Venice

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What solo instrument is heard during this excerpt?

Violin

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the instruments used in this clip from the second movement of Vivaldi's La Primavera. (29 seconds)

Violin section Solo violin Viola section

Required information Listening ID | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists What is the title of this piece?

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, I

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists What is the title of this piece?

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, I

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment This excerpt includes all of the following instruments EXCEPT ______.

brass

The ______ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune.

chorale

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment This music is best characterized as a(n) ______.

concerto

The different movements of a baroque composition are usually ______.

contrasting

Much of Purcell's music includes ______, which the next generation of composers did not fully appreciate.

dissonances

Which characteristic of the harpsichord made it an instrument particularly suitable for baroque music?

It is not capable of producing gradual changes in dynamics, such as through finger pressure.

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

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

A large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, usually set to a narrative biblical text, is called a(n) ______.

oratorio

Listening ID | HANDEL, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment This music is best described as...

oratorio

equired information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment This music is best described as a(n) ______.

oratorio

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

organist

The ground bass in Purcell's Dido's Lament remains ______ in its eleven statements.

the same

Antonio Vivaldi was highly regarded in his lifetime as a virtuoso ______.

violinist

Vivaldi was famous and influential as a virtuoso ______.

violinist

In a fugue, various instrumental lines, called ______, imitate the subject.

voices

What voice part is a common replacement today for the castrato part in a baroque opera?

By a countertenor using a special kind of voice production

Select all the statements about the elements of opera.

Character and plot are revealed through song. Costumes are an important element of the presentation. Music heightens the emotional effect of the words and story.

Select all the forms that are common in baroque music.

A B two-part form A B A three-part form Undivided form

On what is Monteverdi's first great opera, Orfeo, based?

A Greek myth

On what is Dido and Aeneas based?

A Roman epic poem

True or false: Monteverdi's only attempt at writing opera, Orfeo, failed because opera had not yet become popular.

False Orfeo was an immediate success and was introduced as a lavish production at the wealthy Mantuan court.

The tempos of the three contrasting movements of a concerto grosso are usually what?

Fast, slow, fast

On what was the new vocal style of opera modeled?

Greek dramas

What is the technique of repeating a musical line in the bass several times while the melody changes above it?

Ground bass

Select all the descriptions that are true of a baroque music director at the court of an aristocrat.

Had the status of a servant Was expected to produce new compositions for a wide variety of events Received relatively high pay for a musician

During which baroque phase did instrumental music become as important as vocal music?

Late (1690-1750)

Critical Listening | BACH, Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the elements of the fugue—subject, answer, countersubject, episodes—and how they are handled. BACH, Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. What technique can be heard here?

Sequence

Select all the posts that Claudio Monteverdi held in his musical career.

Singer and violist at the court of Mantua Music director of St. Mark's in Venice

Which of the following is a common element in all of Monteverdi's compositions?

Singers

Like a play, operas are divided into ______, and these are subdivided into ______.

acts; scenes

The main attraction of an opera is the ______.

aria

During the late baroque period, what type of dynamics was commonly used?

Terraced dynamic changes

What is the baroque period (1600-1750) also known as?

The age of absolutism

Select all the statements that accurately describe the baroque period.

The aristocracy held enormous power and wealth. The arts were symbols of royal wealth and power.

A notable feature in baroque music is the use of basso ______.

continuo

Generally, how are rhythmic patterns used in a baroque piece?

They start the piece and are repeated throughout.

The ground bass pattern may be as short as ______ notes or as long as ______ measures.

four; eight

The procedure of varying a fugue subject by turning it upside down is called ______.

inversion

What does the baroque trumpet have?

no valves

An orchestra introduction to the second act of an opera is a(n) ______.

prelude

When did the baroque style flourish in music?

1600 to 1750

Listen to the audio clip. What is heard at the beginning of this work by Barbara Strozzi, Che si può fare? (8 seconds)

A four-note descending ground bass

What conveys unity of mood in baroque music?

Continuity of rhythm

Listen to the audio clip. This selection from Barbara Strozzi's work Che si può fare is an example of word painting for which of the following texts? (20 seconds)

Disasters are raining on me

Listen to the audio clip. The descending ground bass, which is repeated eleven times in this aria, most probably denotes which of the following? (54 seconds)

Dido's grief

Match each number of singers with the name of the ensemble they form. Instructions

Duet - Two Trio - Three Quartet - Four Quintet - Five Sextet - Six

Which of the following best describes the makeup of the baroque orchestra?

Instruments of the violin family with basso continuo

Listening ID | BACH, Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment What is the primary texture of this excerpt?

Polyphonic

In a recitative, how are words sung?

Quickly and clearly, often on repeated notes

In terms of mood, a baroque piece that begins joyfully will usually do which of the following?

Remain joyful throughout the piece

Select all the types of roles and groupings of singers in an opera.

Star soloists Secondary soloists Chorus

Which of the following is the best description of concerto grosso?

The concerto grosso contrasts and alternates between a small group of soloists and a large group.

Select all the statements that describe the basso continuo.

The keyboard player improvises chords following written numbers above the bass part. The basso continuo is usually played with a keyboard instrument and an instrument such as a cello or bassoon. The basso continuo has the effect of emphasizing the bass part.

Listen to the audio clip. Which instrument plays the ground bass in this recording of Che si può fare by Barbara Strozzi? (7 seconds)

The lute

Select all the characteristics of melody that are typical in baroque music.

The opening melody is heard again and again. The melody creates a feeling of continuity. The melody has a constant character, even with varied form.

For composers of baroque music, which element was the LEAST important?

Tone color

Listen to the audio clip. Which voice-line is playing the subject using the pedal keyboard? (31 seconds)

Bass

What is another term for ground bass?

Basso ostinato

A(n) ______ is an expressive song sung by one person with orchestral accompaniment.

aria

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists This excerpt features two ______ phrases.

identical

Listen to the audio clip. The first movement concludes with a(n) ______ that creates an expectant feeling, as though the music is not finished. (20 seconds)

incomplete cadence

A fugue is a polyphonic composition that contains what characteristic?

A main theme called the subject and a secondary theme called the countersubject

Required information Critical Listening | HANDEL, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen, pay particular attention to the "Hallelujah" statements, textures, and contrasts. HANDEL, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. In this section, which words are set in monophonic texture?

"King of Kings, and Lord of Lords"

Listen to each audio clip, and identify its composer and the genre. 1. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment 2. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 3. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment 4. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Composer: (Click to select) Purcell Handel Monteverdi Genre: (Click to select) Oratorio Opera Cantata 5. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] Composer: (Click to select) Handel Monteverdi Bach Genre: (Click to select) Opera Concerto Cantata 6. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists Composer: (Click to select) Bach Vivaldi Handel Genre: (Click to select) Concerto Cantata Oratorio 7. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Composer: (Click to select) Handel Purcell Bach Genre: (Click to select) Concerto grosso Oratorio Cantata 8. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Composer: (Click to select) Vivaldi Handel Bach Genre: (Click to select) Oratorio Concerto grosso Suite 9. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. Composer: (Click to select) Bach Handel Monteverdi Genre: (Click to select) Fugue Suite Opera rev: 03_13_2015_QC_CS-9019

1. Composer: Vivaldi Genre: Concerto 2. Composer: Bach Genre: Fugue 3. Composer: Purcell Genre: Opera 4. Composer: Handel Genre: Oratorio 5. Composer:Monteverdi Genre: Opera 6. Composer: Bach Genre: Cantata 7. Composer: Bach Genre: Concerto grosso 8. Composer: Handel Genre: Oratorio 9. Composer: Bach Genre: Suite

Modern historians use the term baroque to indicate what?

A particular style in the arts, involving action and movement

Listen to these opera excerpts from Purcell and Handel. PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment HANDEL, Act III, Scene 3: Piangerò la sorte mia (I shall mourn my fate), from Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) Joyce DiDonato, soprano; Il Complesso Barocco; Alan Curtis, conductor(P) 2012 EMI ClassicsCourtesy of EMI Classics Ltd., under license from Rhino Entertainment *Listen to Handel's Piangerò la sorte mia.*

1. Which describes the accompaniment in the A section? *A ground bass in a major key* 2. Which describes the rhythm and mood of the A section? *Slow, triple meter, melancholy mood* 3. Which describes the use of dissonance in the A section? *The vocal melody is primarily consonant.* Explanation: These two arias share many characteristics. Both selections use a ground bass (a repeating bass pattern over which the main melody varies), a common baroque harmonic device (although they differ in tonality). Both Purcell's aria and the A section of Handel's use triple meter, which gives a lilting effect. Purcell uses a bit more dissonance in his aria, compared to the A section of Handel's piece (although Handel includes much more dissonance and agitation in the shorter B section).

Listen to these opera excerpts from Purcell and Handel. PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment HANDEL, Act III, Scene 3: Piangerò la sorte mia (I shall mourn my fate), from Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) Joyce DiDonato, soprano; Il Complesso Barocco; Alan Curtis, conductor(P) 2012 EMI ClassicsCourtesy of EMI Classics Ltd., under license from Rhino Entertainment *Listen to Purcell's Dido's Lament.*

1. Which describes the accompaniment in this piece? *A ground bass in a minor key* 2. Which describes the rhythm and mood of this piece? *Slow, triple meter, sorrowful mood* 3. Which describes the use of dissonance in this section? *The vocal melody moves freely above the repeated bass line, creating touching dissonances with it.*

The baroque orchestra generally used approximately ______ musicians.

10 to 35

Baroque style flourished in music during which period?

1600-1750

Select all the characteristics of the fourth movement of Bach's Suite N. 3 in D Major.

A A B B form Alternating tutti and solo passages Duple meter

Which of the following is a non-dancelike introduction to a baroque suite?

A French overture

Listen to the audio clip. Which statement best describes the fourth movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140? (30 seconds)

A chorale tune broken into component phrases and linked by the instrumental melody

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists How is this music best described?

A church cantata sung in German

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Smithsonian Chamber Players: Jaap Schröder, violin; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello; Konrad Junghanel, theorbo; Jaems Weaver, organ(P) 1989 The Smithsonian InstitutionCourtesy of The Smithsonian Institution What feature helps to characterize this music?

A pervasive repeated-note motive

Required information Critical Listening | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), fourth movement Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen, pay particular attention to the interaction between the instruments and the voices. BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), fourth movement (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. What is the texture of the tenor chorale... What is the texture of the tenor chorale in this passage and what other instruments are playing?

A polyphonic tenor chorale with strings and continuo

Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the repeating pattern in the lute and the melodic phrasing in the voice. STROZZI, Che si può fare (What can be done?) Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. *How does Strozzi use word painting in this excerpt to emphasize the text: "Mi piovano agni hor" ("disasters are raining on me")?* Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard

A series of descending rapid notes

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Which of the following do you hear in this excerpt?

A solo followed by a ritornello

Critical Listening | BACH, Suite No. 3 in D Major, second movement: Air Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the form and performance characteristics. BACH, Suite No. 3 in D Major, second movement: Air Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. Listen closely to the melody... Listen closely to the melody in this excerpt. How is the form of this section best represented?

AA

How many of the approximately 295 cantatas that J. S. Bach wrote are still in existence?

About 195

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the tempo of this music?

Adagio

Listening ID | BACH, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the tempo of this piece?

Allegro

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the tempo of this piece?

Allegro

Select all the structures that would be typical of a baroque musical composition.

Alternation between a small group and a large group of instruments An instrumental section followed by a vocal section A fast, energetic movement followed by a slow, solemn movement

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

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

What is the ritornello form in the concerto grosso?

An opening theme played by all the musicians (the tutti) is repeated by them throughout the work.

Required information Listening ID | HANDEL, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment How is this music most accurately described?

An oratorio chorus

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment How is this music most accurately described?

An oratorio chorus

What is a major difference between a cantata and an oratorio?

An oratorio is not intended for religious services.

What is an overture in an opera?

An orchestral piece that serves as an introduction

What is a prelude in an opera?

An orchestral piece that serves as an introduction to acts other than the first

Select all the following that are characteristic of an aria.

An outpouring of melody that expresses an emotional state A solo voice with orchestral accompaniment

Listening ID | VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Antonio Vivaldi

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Antonio Vivaldi

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

Antonio Vivaldi

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Smithsonian Chamber Players: Jaap Schröder, violin; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello; Konrad Junghanel, theorbo; Jaems Weaver, organ(P) 1989 The Smithsonian InstitutionCourtesy of The Smithsonian Institution Who is the composer of this piece?

Arcangelo Corelli

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

Arcangelo Corelli

What is a song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment called?

Aria

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

At a school for orphaned girls

Select all the statements that describe the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach would rearrange secular works into sacred ones. Bach wrote the Well-Tempered Clavier, a collection of forty-eight preludes and fugues. Bach composed cantatas and liturgical compositions. Bach composed works for solo organ, harpsichord, clavichord, violin, and cello.

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. His most successful post was working for the prince of Cöthen. Four of Bach's sons were composers.

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

Ballet Sonatas for violin French cantatas

Required information Listening ID | STROZZI, Che si può fare (What can be done?) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard Who is the composer of this piece?

Barbara Strozzi

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard Who is the composer of this piece?

Barbara Strozzi

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

Barbara Strozzi

Listening ID | BACH, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major

Listen to the audio clip. Identify the title of the work and its composer. (36 seconds)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major by J. S. Bach

Select all the ways in which people learned to become musicians during the baroque period.

By being taught as a boy or girl in an orphanage By being taught by one's parents or other relatives By attending a choir school in a church

Listen to the audio clip. Identify the title of the work and its composer. (24 seconds)

Cantata No. 140 (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us) by J. S. Bach

Which opera was written by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre?

Cephale and Procis

Critical Listening | VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. The Four Seasons is a famous set of four violin concertos by Vivaldi in which each concerto depicts one of the seasons. Vivaldi wrote four sonnets, and used the descriptions in the poems as the basis for his music. VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. In this next section both the ritornello... In this next section both the ritornello and the solo passage differ in a significant way from what has come before. What difference do you hear?

Change to minor

Required information Listening ID | STROZZI, Che si può fare (What can be done?) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard What is the title of this piece?

Che si può fare (What can be done?)

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard What is the title of this piece?

Che si può fare (What can be done?)

Required information Critical Listening | PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the use of a ground bass and its repeating melodic pattern that gives unity to the composition. PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. How can the harmony and contour... How can the harmony and contour, both of the ground bass and melody, best be described? Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment

Chromatic, descending

Listening ID | MONTEVERDI, Act II: Tu se' morta (You are dead), from Orfeo (Orpheus) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] Who is the composer of this piece?

Claudio Monteverdi

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] Who is the composer of this piece?

Claudio Monteverdi

Listening ID | VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What are the genre and tempo of this excerpt?

Concerto and allegro

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What are the genre and tempo of this excerpt?

Concerto and allegro

Required information Listening ID | PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas

Listen to the audio clip. Which word is emphasized through the use of a dramatic pause in this selection from Jacquet de la Guerre's Le sommeil d'Ulisse? (6 seconds)

Disparoit (disappeared)

Listen to the audio clip. What is the musical element that is introduced in this selection from For Unto Us a Child is Born in Handel's Messiah? (15 seconds)

Dotted rhythm

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the musical elements that are heard in the opening passage of the first movement. (28 seconds)

Dotted rhythm patterns Syncopated rising phrases English horn A series of rising scales

Required information Critical Listening | HANDEL, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen, pay particular attention to the "Hallelujah" statements, textures, and contrasts. HANDEL, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. What is the most notable or striking contrast in this section of the piece?

Dynamic contrast

Listening ID | JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, La Têmpete (The Storm), from Le sommeil d'Ulisse (The Sleep of Ulysses) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Lydia Knutson(P) 2005 Centaur Records, Inc.Courtesy of Centaur Records, Inc. Who is the composer of this piece?

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Lydia Knutson(P) 2005 Centaur Records, Inc.Courtesy of Centaur Records, Inc. Who is the composer of this piece?

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

Which baroque French composer was a child prodigy and harpsichordist?

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

Affections in baroque usage refers to what?

Emotional states or moods of music

Although Handel was born and raised in Germany, where did he spend most of his adult life?

England

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted, from Messiah

True or false: Bach had to compose strict religious music for the church and secular music for other purposes in very different forms.

False

True or false: The melodic ideas from For Unto Us a Child is Born inspired Handel to write an Italian duet with secular words.

False

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

False Vivaldi and his music were forgotten for 200 years and only revived in the mid-twentieth century.

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists What does the orchestral accompaniment in this excerpt feature?

Fast, dotted rhythms

Required information Critical Listening | HANDEL, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the rhythms used. HANDEL, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. In this excerpt, what do the high strings... In this excerpt, what do the high strings play when the words "Wonderful" and "Counsellor" are sung?

Fast-moving repetitive patterns

What term is used to describe a notated bass part together with numbers that specify the chords to be played above it?

Figured bass

Select all the instruments in addition to the violin for which Vivaldi composed concertos.

Flute Cello Mandolin

Required information Listening ID | HANDEL, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah

What is the format of a trio sonata?

Four instrumentalists playing two upper and one lower part

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. This music features which instruments?

Full orchestra

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

Full orchestra Duple meter Moderate tempo

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

Gavotte

Required information Listening ID | HANDEL, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

George Frideric Handel

Required information Listening ID | HANDEL, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

George Frideric Handel

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Who is the composer of this piece?

George Frideric Handel

Required information Critical Listening | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), fourth movement Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen, pay particular attention to the interaction between the instruments and the voices. BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), fourth movement (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. Listen closely to the text being sung... Listen closely to the text being sung. What language is it?

German

The chorales in the Lutheran church in Bach's time were sung in ______.

German

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

Gigue

On what were early operas plots based?

Greek mythology and history

Listening ID | PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the style of the harmonic... What is the style of the harmonic accompaniment in this excerpt?

Ground bass

Required information Critical Listening | STROZZI, Che si può fare (What can be done?) Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the repeating pattern in the lute and the melodic phrasing in the voice. STROZZI, Che si può fare (What can be done?) Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. What term is used to describe the... What term is used to describe the four-note descending pattern in the lute? Raquel Andueza, Jesús Fernández Baena Courtesy of NB Music, under license from The Orchard

Ground bass

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment What is the style of the harmonic accompaniment in this excerpt?

Ground bass

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Hallelujah, from Messiah

Which statement best describes Handel's treatment of the music in For Unto Us a Child is Born?

Handel alternates between polyphonic and homophonic textures and makes changes in dynamics.

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the instruments that play in this selection from Jacquet de la Guerre's Le sommeil d'Ulisse. (16 seconds)

Harpsichord Violin Bass viol

Required information Skip to question Listen to these opera excerpts from Purcell and Handel. PURCELL, Act III: Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas Emily Van Evera; Consort of Musicke; Anthony Parrott, director(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment HANDEL, Act III, Scene 3: Piangerò la sorte mia (I shall mourn my fate), from Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) Joyce DiDonato, soprano; Il Complesso Barocco; Alan Curtis, conductor(P) 2012 EMI ClassicsCourtesy of EMI Classics Ltd., under license from Rhino Entertainment

How does the accompaniment for each piece support the mood of the text? Purcell's use of a descending chromatic ground bass emphasizes the sorrowful atmosphere. Also, the emotional tension is sustained in the orchestral conclusion, where a chromatically descending violin melody movingly expresses the tragedy of Dido's fate. Somewhat in contrast, Handel uses a major key in the A sections of his aria even though the mood is melancholy (which he captures in the slow, soft graceful melody and accompaniment). In the B section of Piangerò la sorte mia, the accompaniment more obviously reflects the dark text, with rapid string passages, fast tempos, and minor tonality.

When and where was Claudio Monteverdi born?

In 1567 in Cremona, Italy

When and where was Arcangelo Corelli born?

In 1653 in Italy

When and where was Henry Purcell born?

In 1659 in London, England

Where and when was the composer Barbara Strozzi born?

In Venice in 1619

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.

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Which of the following statements is true about this excerpt?

It employs considerable text painting.

Listen to the audio clip. Which feature in this selection from the third movement of Vivaldi's La Primavera reflects the first movement? (29 seconds)

It has alternating tutti and solo sections.

Select all the statements that describe the fifth movement of Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major.

It has the form A A B B. It is in 6/8 time. It uses the timpani and trumpets for contrast.

Select all the reasons why the opening of the first public opera house was significant.

It helped spread opera beyond the walls of royal courts. Audience members did not have to be members of the nobility. Anybody who could pay admission was able to attend.

Which statement describes the structure of a church cantata?

It is a multi-movement work for orchestra, chorus, and singers sung in German.

Required information Critical Listening | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), first movement Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the texture and how the chorale text is set to music. BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), first movement (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. How is the chorale tune set apart... How is the chorale tune set apart from the orchestra and the other voice parts?

It is at a higher pitch level and has longer note values.

How does Handel's Messiah differ from his previous oratorios?

It is based mainly on the New Testament rather than using a story from the Old Testament.

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

La Primavera (Spring), from The Four Seasons, III

Required information Listening ID | JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, La Têmpete (The Storm), from Le sommeil d'Ulisse (The Sleep of Ulysses) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Lydia Knutson(P) 2005 Centaur Records, Inc.Courtesy of Centaur Records, Inc. What is the title of this piece?

La Têmpete (The Storm), from Le sommeil d'Ulisse (The Sleep of Ulysses)

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Lydia Knutson(P) 2005 Centaur Records, Inc.Courtesy of Centaur Records, Inc. What is the title of this piece?

La Têmpete (The Storm), from Le sommeil d'Ulisse (The Sleep of Ulysses)

equired information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment What are the tempo and dynamic in this excerpt?

Largo and piano

What is the text, or book, of a musical dramatic work called?

Libretto

Listening ID | BACH, Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Little Fugue in G Minor

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment What is the title of this piece?

Little Fugue in G Minor

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Smithsonian Chamber Players: Jaap Schröder, violin; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello; Konrad Junghanel, theorbo; Jaems Weaver, organ(P) 1989 The Smithsonian InstitutionCourtesy of The Smithsonian Institution How can this except best be described?

Lively and playful

Critical Listening | BACH, Suite No. 3 in D Major, second movement: Air Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the form and performance characteristics. BACH, Suite No. 3 in D Major, second movement: Air Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. How can the lead violinist's performance... How can the lead violinist's performance of the melody best be described?

Lyrical

Required information Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the form and performance characteristics. BACH, Suite No. 3 in D Major, second movement: Air Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. How can the lead violinist's performance of the melody best be described? Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd.

Lyrical

Handel is known for his English oratorios, his most famous one being ______.

Messiah

Listen to the audio clip. Identify the title of the complete work and its composer. (29 seconds)

Messiah by G. F. Handel

Select all the statements that describe oratorios in the baroque period.

Most oratorios are based on stories from the Bible. Recitatives are used to connect the parts of an oratorio.

Members of the Camerata wanted to create a new vocal style based on what source?

Music of the ancient Greek tragedies

Which of the following statements describes the role of music in baroque society?

Music was an important source of entertainment in the courts of the aristocracy.

Select all the characteristics of musicians in baroque society.

Musicians commonly taught their art to their sons. Italian music schools were connected with orphanages. Towns employed musicians to play in churches and for such events as processions.

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

Only strings and basso continuo

Required information Listening ID | MONTEVERDI, Act II: Tu se' morta (You are dead), from Orfeo (Orpheus) Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] This music is best characterized as... This music is best characterized as what genre?

Opera recitative

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] This music is best characterized as what genre?

Opera recitative

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment This music is an example of what genre?

Oratorio

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. What is the title of this piece?

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, II (Air)

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. What is the title of this piece?

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, IV (Bourrée)

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. What is the title of this piece?

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, V (Gigue)

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment What keyboard instrument is performing in this piece?

Organ

Select all the positions that the English composer Henry Purcell held in his life.

Organist of Westminster Abbey Choirboy in the Chapel Royal

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

Pedal point

Critical Listening | VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. The Four Seasons is a famous set of four violin concertos by Vivaldi in which each concerto depicts one of the seasons. Vivaldi wrote four sonnets, and used the descriptions in the poems as the basis for his music. VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. This opening ritornello section contains two phrases, each repeated... This opening ritornello section contains two phrases, each repeated. What do the performers do on the repeated phrases to create contrast?

Play softer

Listen to the audio clip. What is the musical texture presented here from Handel's Hallelujah Chorus? (12 seconds)

Polyphonic

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. E. Power Biggs, organOriginally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment What is the primary texture of this excerpt?

Polyphonic

Required information Critical Listening | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), first movement Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen to this piece, pay particular attention to the texture and how the chorale text is set to music. BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), first movement (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. What type of texture describes the... What type of texture describes the interaction between the voice parts here?

Polyphonic, imitative counterpoint

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Smithsonian Chamber Players: Jaap Schröder, violin; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello; Konrad Junghanel, theorbo; Jaems Weaver, organ(P) 1989 The Smithsonian InstitutionCourtesy of The Smithsonian Institution How can the rhythm of this excerpt best be described?

Quadruple meter with dotted rhythms

Listen to the audio clip. What is used to depict a violent storm in this selection from Le sommeil d'Ulisse by Jacquet de la Guerre? (20 seconds)

Rapid repeated notes

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the sounds that represent birdsong in this passage from the first movement of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. (20 seconds)

Repeated notes among the violins High trills

The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by what feature?

Repeated rhythmic patterns

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the musical elements used in this passage from the first movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140. (15 seconds)

Ritornello Syncopation Dotted rhythms

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. How can this music be characterized?

Rollicking gigue

Select all the elements that appeared in opera in the early baroque period but did not appear in oratorios.

Scenery Costumes Acting

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. How can this music best be described?

Serene and lyrical

What does a suite composition feature?

Several movements based on dances

Select all the statements that describe Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.

She was a child prodigy. She spent several years performing and studying at the French court. Her long-time patron was Louis XIV.

Select all the statements about Barbara Strozzi.

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

Required information Listening ID | VIVALDI, La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons, first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment The excerpt features... The excerpt features which sections?

The ritornello followed by the solo

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, violin solo and conductor(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment The excerpt features which sections?

The ritornello followed by the solo

In polyphonic baroque music, what are the most important voices?

The soprano and bass lines

Listen to the audio clip. In this excerpt from J. S. Bach's Organ Fugue in G Minor, which of the following best describes what is heard? (17 seconds)

The subject is heard first in one voice then in another while a countersubject is presented above the subject.

To what does terraced dynamics refer?

The sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another

Listen to the audio clip. What is heard in the ritornello of Bach's Brandenburg Concert No. 5? (21 seconds)

The tutti playing a continuous flow of rapid notes

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the statements that describe this selection from Monteverdi's Tu se' morta. (20 seconds)

The vocal line is accompanied by a basso continuo.

Why were castratos important and unique in baroque opera?

They had the lung power of men and the vocal range of women.

Required information Listening ID | HANDEL, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Which statement most accurately... Which statement most accurately describes the texture of this excerpt?

This excerpt begins with polyphonic texture and moves to homophonic.

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Musica Sacra; Richard Westenburg, director.(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment Which statement most accurately describes the texture of this excerpt?

This excerpt begins with polyphonic texture and moves to homophonic.

In his first years as the cantor, or music director, in Leipzig, about how many cantatas did J. S. Bach write each month?

Three

What is the structure of Handel's Messiah?

Three parts and a total of more than fifty movements

For what is a recitative used?

To carry the action forward

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Smithsonian Chamber Players: Jaap Schröder, violin; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello; Konrad Junghanel, theorbo; Jaems Weaver, organ(P) 1989 The Smithsonian InstitutionCourtesy of The Smithsonian Institution What is the title of this piece?

Trio Sonata in A Minor, I

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Smithsonian Chamber Players: Jaap Schröder, violin; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, violoncello; Konrad Junghanel, theorbo; Jaems Weaver, organ(P) 1989 The Smithsonian InstitutionCourtesy of The Smithsonian Institution What is the title of this piece?

Trio Sonata in A Minor, II

Listening ID | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), fourth movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists What is the title of this piece?

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, IV

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists What is the title of this piece?

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, IV

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists What is the title of this piece?

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, VII

Required information Listening ID | BACH, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, a Voice Is Calling Us), first movement Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists In this excerpt, as sopranos sing... In this excerpt, as the sopranos sing longer notes, how do the lower voices sing?

With shorter notes

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists In this excerpt, as the sopranos sing longer notes, how do the lower voices sing?

With shorter notes

Required information Critical Listening | MONTEVERDI, Act II: Tu se' morta (You are dead), from Orfeo (Orpheus) Skip to question Listen to this piece without interruption. As you listen, pay particular attention to the texture, meter, rhythm, tempo, and pitch. MONTEVERDI, Act II: Tu se' morta (You are dead), from Orfeo (Orpheus) Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] After listening to this piece completely from start to finish, listen again to excerpts and complete the questions. What technique is exemplified by... What technique is exemplified by the use of low descending tones on the lyric "morte" ("death") and higher tone on the text "sole" ("sun")? Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS]

Word painting

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Laurence Dale, Jennifer Larmore; Concerto Vocale: Rene Jacobs(P) 1995 harmonia mundi s.a.Courtesy of [PIAS] In this excerpt, the high note on "sole" is an example of what technique?

Word painting

What is the name of the technique of using the music to depict the text as when the music rises in the word exalted or when it is sustained with long notes in the word plain?

Word painting

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, director(P) 1996 Hyperion Records Ltd.Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd. This music is a lively dance in ______ meter.

duple

Required information Skip to question Listen to this audio example and answer the questions that follow. (P) 1996 Koch International L.P.Courtesy of The American Bach Soloists The texture of this music is______.

homophonic

Listen to the audio clip. This selection from Monteverdi's Tu se' morta is a type of opera singing called a(n) ______. (19 seconds)

recitative

Another word for ritornello, or main theme that returns, is ______.

refrain

The position of court composer was one with many benefits, however, the composer was still a ______.

servant

The main theme of a fugue is called the ______.

subject

The term cantata originally referred to a piece of music that was ______, in contrast to a sonata, which was ______.

sung; played