MUL1010 Chapter 9 SmartBook Baroque Solo and Chamber Music

suite

A series of instrumental movements, each based on a particular dance rhythm. Suites are composed for solo instruments or groups of intruments.

Dances of a Baroque Suite

German allemande French courante sarabande (originally a rather erotic dance from Spain but changed to a slow, courtly dance by the French and Germans) The French bourree and the english or irish gigue french gavotte

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre's compositions are most closely associated with what instrument?

Harpsichord

subject (of a fugue)

In a fugue, the principal theme, introduced first in a single voice and then imitated in other voices, returning frequently during the course of the composition.

toccata >

a very showy piece that includes rapid scales, trills, and arpeggios

fugue >

an important intellectual musical structure of the baroque era

How is a baroque sonata best described?

an instrumental work with three or four contrasting movements

When the second voice in the exposition of a fugue enters stating the subject, the first voice continues simultaneously, stating a contrasting melody called the

countersubject

Select all the items that are likely to be included as a movement in a baroque suite.

courante gigue allemande bourrée sarabande

Sections of a fugue that serve as transitions between statements of the subject.

episodes

What are the transition sections called in a fugue's exposition?

episodes

Musical pieces, of seemingly spontaneous creation, that were characterized by displays of virtuosity.

fantasies

A baroque trio sonata would usually involve Blank______ players TRICK QUESTION

four; A trio sonata usually included two violins, plus a continuo made up of a keyboard instrument and cello.

prelude

generally free in form and improvisatory in style. customarily introduced another piece or group of pieces

What was a major aspect of baroque keyboard music?

improvisation

countersubject (of a fugue)

in a fugue, new melodic material stated in counterpoint with the subject.

Bach composed for all the following genres except _________blank.

opera

Select all the principal keyboard instruments of the baroque era.

organ harpsichord

Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor

organ, starts monophonic and becomes polyphonic Date: 1709 Genre: Organ fugue Form: Fugue Tecture: Polyphonic Instruments: Solo Organ Meter: Quadruple

fugue

polyphonic development of a melody called the subject A composition that uses imitative polyphony and is organized around the returns of a theme or subject and a countermelody (countersubject) that often appears with it. Fugues can have more than one subject, but just one is more common.

E. Power Biggs, organ. Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment Bach's "The Little Fugue in G Minor

quadruple

Buttons and knobs on an organ that allows a player to control the sound of the instrument.

stops

Members of the Stradivari family were famous for making instruments of the Blank______ family.

string Reason: Correct. The Stradivari family was particularly known for their violins.

When listening to a fugue, the Blank______ is the primary interest, and recognizing its entrances allows the listener to follow the musical journey.

subject

Select all the different parts that make up the exposition of a fugue

subject countersubject episode

An instrumental composition that consists of a series of dance-inspired pieces is a called a Blank______.

suite

Multi-movement musical works, in which each part is based on a particular dance rhythm and style.

suites

Musical pieces full of scale passages, rapid runs and trills, and massive chords.

toccatas

toccata

"to touch"; implies a piece full of scale passages, rapid runs and trills, and massive chords

What is an accurate description of the pipe organ?

A player uses stops to precisely control the instrument's sound.

Allemanda from Trio Sonata, op 4, no 1, for two violins and basso continuo by Arcangelo Corelli

Date 1694 Genre Baroque sonata Form Binary Texture Polyphonic Instruments: Two violins, harpsichord, and cello Meter: Quadruple Duration: 1:33

Which statement describes music during the baroque period?

During the baroque era, instrumental music gradually equaled or surpassed vocal music in popularity.

What is the initial section of a fugue called?

Exposition

What is a toccata keyboard piece characterized by?

Many scale passages, rapid runs and trills, and massive chords

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The first playing of the subject in the highest (soprano) voice The Imitation of the subject in the next lower (alto) voice, while the soprano voice continues by plkaying the countersubject the imitation of the subject in the next lower (tenor) voice, while the soprano and alto voices contunte playing The imitation of the subject in the lowest (bass, played on the pedals) voice, while the soprano and tenor voices continue to play episode transition furing with the subject is not played tenor voice begins the subject and the soprano picks it up and finishes it episode

exposition

The first section in sonata form, containing the statement of the principal themes. Also, the first section in a fugue, in which the principal theme or subject is presented imitatively.

What statement about music in the baroque period is true?

There was more instrumental music during the baroque period than in the Renaissance period.

What type of baroque musical structure is introduced by a toccata, fantasia, or prelude?

a fugue

sonata da camera

a dance suite

fantasia

a piece characterized by displays of virtuosity that made it seem to the listener that the music was spontaneously flowing from the player at the moment it was being played.

fantasia >

a piece that seemed to be spontaneously improvised by the performer

prelude >

a piece that usually served as an introduction to another piece or group of pieces

sonata da chiesa

church sonata (dignified), a four-movement work in which the movements alternated in tempo:slow-fast-slow-fast

Ranging from very small (pencil-size) to very large (30 feet long), these are the parts of an organ that produce the sound.

pipes

For what performing force would a suite not be written?

singer

Which type of sonata was intended to be played in a chamber or room in a house or a palace?

sonata da camera

Which type of sonata was intended to be played in a church?

sonata da chiesa

Instrumental pieces, usually with multiple movements, that varied greatly in structure, character, and instrumentation.

sonatas