Music 111 Chapter 10

Known as the _________ , Antonio Vivaldi taught music at an orphanage for girls and wrote much of his music for this institution.

"Red Priest"

The composer of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, is:

Antonio Vivaldi.

The five ritornello sections in the first movement of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, are:

all different in some way.

In Bach's Fugue No. 1 in C Major, the exposition of the subject voices proceeds from:

alto to soprano, then tenor, then bass.

In Bach's Gigue from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor:

an a section is repeated and a b is section repeated

In the recording of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, the continuo chords are played by a(n):

archlute.

The collection of forty-eight preludes and fugues by Bach is called:

The Well-Tempered Clavier

The typical Baroque dance form can be diagrammed:

a a b b.

Which do you hear in the first movement of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza?

a contrast between ritornello and solo passages

Ritornello form is based on:

a periodic return of a central, musical theme by the orchestra.

The Baroque dance form is:

a section repeated and b section repeated, a binary form.

A form in which a single melodic unit is repeated with successive changes to arouse the listener's interest is called:

a variation form.

The opening melody of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5:

becomes more and more complicated as it goes along.

Which instrument(s) is/are featured in the quiet, central solo section of the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5?

flute and violin

Instruments heard in the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are:

flute, violin, harpsichord, and string orchestra.

The Well-Tempered Clavier was written primarily for:

harpsichord

Which instrument plays the cadenza in the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5?

harpsichord

In the opening of the Fugue from Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, Bach has the subject enter:

in order of alto, soprano, tenor, and bass.

In the Fugue No. 1 in C Major, Bach composes later entries of the fugue subject:

in stretto.

The main melody of the second movement of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, is:

in the bass.

The range the cello plays in Bach's Gigue from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor:

is wide.

"Stylized" dances were intended for:

listening.

The fugue subject is the:

main theme or melody.

A Baroque dance suite:

maintained the same key in all movements, and ended with a fast dance.

The Minuet from Royal Fireworks Music by Handel was:

meant to be listened to as an entertainment.

The concerto and concerto grosso are characterized by:

more contrast than much other Baroque music.

In the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, the mode is:

mostly major with a couple of minor spots.

This performance of Bach's Fugue No. 1 in C Major is played:

on a piano.

The musical term for work is:

opus.

The main instrument on which Bach performed was the:

organ.

Which contributes to the excitement in the Tambourin dance of Rameau's Menuet and Tambourin?

piccolo and drum

In Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, the harpsichord player:

plays both solos and continuo

What is the form of the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5?

ritornello

The third movement of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, is an example of:

ritornello form.

The term for the initial orchestral melody in a concerto grosso that returns from time to time is:

ritornello.

Bach's Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor is part of a set of:

six

How many Brandenburg Concertos did Bach write?

six

A ________ beginning and ________ cadence are typical of the opening ritornello of the first movement of a Baroque concerto

strong; a strong final

The outstanding element of a fugue is:

systematized imitative polyphony.

How many movements does a typical late Baroque concerto have?

three

Some Baroque dances, particularly the gavotte and minuet, were grouped in pairs, to create a large A B A form. The B dance in such a pair is called the:

trio

The form of the second movement of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, is:

variation.

At the end of his career, Bach:

was regarded as old-fashioned by other composers.

The Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, was composed between:

1700 and 1750.

Which best describes the second movement of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza?

It is slow and gentle, and in variation form

Which is true of the third movement of the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza?

It starts with the solo violin.

From which country and style period is the Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza?

Italy; Baroque

The Well-Tempered Clavier was written by:

Johann Sebastian Bach

Which composer copied many pages of Vivaldi's concertos in learning how to write in this genre?

Johann Sebastian Bach

In Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, the part where the harpsichord plays improvisatory solo material unaccompanied is called a(n):

cadenza

The Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi is especially remembered for his:

concertos

The term concerto comes from the Latin word concertare, which indicates in the concerto grosso a:

contest between soloists and orchestra.

The meter of the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is:

duple.

In the B section of Rameau's Menuet and Tambourin, almost every measure:

echoes some fragment of the A section.

A section of a fugue in which new, contrasting material is presented is a(n):

episode.

The Well-Tempered Clavier consists of preludes and fugues based on:

every key in both major and minor modes

The section of a fugue in which all subject entries first occur is the:

exposition.