Chapter 10: Baroque Instrumental Music

Match the work to its composer.

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

The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is best remembered for recording the works of the composer - on the - VivaldiBach.

Bach; piano

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

a thunderstorm: 0:14 murmuring streams and gentle breezes: 0:13 birds chirping: 0:11

The standard Baroque dance form is called - form and consists of - sections.

binary; two

Listen to the opening passage from Bach's Fugue in G Minor. The texture of a typical fugue is which of the following? 0:26

imitative polyphony

Which of the following describes a stylized dance?

intended for listening rather than dancing

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

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 musical work that conveys a story, action, or event is known as what?

program music

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

ritornello

As heard in this example, what are the three solo instruments Bach uses in the first movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5?

solo instrument: - flute - harpsichord - violin not a solo instrument: - lute - cello

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

solo sections

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

subject

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

trill

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

trill

Vivaldi wrote most of his concertos for which solo instrument?

violin

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

gigue 0:014 Bach, Cello Suite No. 2 minuet 0:13 Handel, Royal Fireworks Music

Which instrument plays the cadenza in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, first movement? 0:24

harpsichord

Match each movement in a typical Baroque concerto to the correct tempo.

slow: - second movement fast: - first movement - third movement

Fill in the blanks below to describe the structure of a concerto. A concerto is like a contest that pits the brilliance and virtuosity of the - against the power and stability of the - .

solo instrument(s); orchestra

Listen to the musical excerpts from Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra and the Spring concerto below and label them as ritornello or solo.

solo: - 0:11 Vivaldi, Spring, I - 0:09 Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Mandolins ritornello: - 0:06 Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Mandolins - 0:07 Vivaldi, Spring, I

While there were no rules about which dances should be included in a suite nor was there any specified order, all the dances were generally in the same what?

key

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

repetition

Match the description to the dance type.

sarabande: intricated, triple time, accented second beat gigue: fast and lively, compound meter minuet: simple, triple time, moderate tempo

Which of the following statements describes the difference between a concerto and a concerto grosso?

A concerto features one soloist while a concerto grosso features more than one solo player

Fill in the form diagram to indicate the sections of a standard minuet and trio.

Minuet A: aabb Trio B: ccdd Minuet A: ab

How many cellists are needed to play the gigue from Bach's Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor?

1

How many movements were in a typical late Baroque concerto?

3

Antonio Vivaldi's "greatest hit" is a set of four concertos known as The ____________.

Four Seasons

Which country was most associated with dance music during the Baroque era?

France

Which of the movements in Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra use ritornello form?

In ritornello form: - first - third In another form: -second

An improvisatory solo passage in a concerto (such as is heard in this example) is known as a(n) ___________.

cadenza

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

concerto

What s the meter of the first movement of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra? 0:06

duple

Which of the following statements of the ritornello from Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra is in the minor mode?

example 1

Listen to the excerpts and then click on the corresponding cards in the order that they appear in the opening ritornello of Vivaldi's Concerto in E Major (Spring), I.

example 4, example 1, example 2, example 3

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

excerpt 1 0:05

Place the sections of a fugue in the order in which they are most likely to appear in a standard fugal form.

exposition, episode, entry in non-tonic key

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 of the following statements about Johann Sebastian Bach are true and which are false?

True: - Bach's music was largely forgotten and unappreciated in the decades immediately following his death - Bach has 20 children False: - Bach was best known for his work as an opera composer - Bach only worked for one employer during his entire life

Which of the following statements are true regarding ritornellos and which are false?

True: - the ritornello often returns only in part, not as a full statement - a piece in ritornello form usually begins and ends with the ritornello False: - the ritornello is usually performed by a single solo instrument - ritornellos are always in the tonic key

Who of the following is undisputedly the preeminent composer of Baroque concertos?

Vivaldi

The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach is a collection of which two genres of composition?

WTC genre: - preludes - fugues Other genre: - concertos - ritornellos

Match each fugal device with its correct definition.

When the subject entries follow one another at a faster rate than they did in the exposition. = stretto A second theme that is in counterpoint with the first. = countersubject An upside down subject melody. = inversion

In this excerpt from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, first movement, the orchestra interrupts the soloists with what? 0:20

a fragment of the ritornello

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

suite