Music Test 4
The Baroque ushers in the 300 year period known as the 'Common Practice Period' because of beginning to use:
Tonality
The dates of the MIDDLE Baroque are:
1640-1680
The LATE Baroque spanned the years:
1680-1750
The dates of the EARLY Baroque are:
1600-1640
The dates of the Baroque Period are:
1600-1750
The Baroque is known as the:
Age of Reason
The LATE Baroque was dominated by:
An emphasis on instrumental music
Historically the music of the MIDDLE Baroque is unique because of:
An equality between voice and instruments
The Italian violin virtuoso responsible for fusing opera and instrumental genres:
Arcangelo Corelli
The composer considered the highest point of Baroque music:
Bach
The extremely formal dance closely associated with French royal court:
Ballet de cour
The Italian who composed the first staged opera:
Claudio Monteverdi
Which of these is not considered to be one of the 'Big Three' composers in the Late Baroque:
Claudio Monteverdi
The French Baroque musical style is most clearly associated with:
Dance
The first half of the Baroque was dominated by which musical texture:
Homophonic
Ritornelli sections can be identified by their:
Focus on the full orchestra
"An obsessive, constant, uninterrupted rhythmic flow":
Fortspinnung
"A highly imitative polyphonic composition centered around a theme and its treatment":
Fugue
Considered the greatest English composer to ever live:
Henry Purcell
The composer responsible for setting the French Baroque style:
Jean Baptiste Lully
The most well-known works of the Baroque come from which era:
Late Baroque
The high Baroque style considered to be the beginning of modern opera was associated with which city?
Naples
The Italian style of Baroque music is most closely associated with:
Opera
The creation of opera was:
Originated in Florence Italy, by a small group of Renaissance men unhappy with contemporary music, influenced by Ancient Greek music and drama
The prevailing texture of LATE Baroque music:
Polyphonic
Music of the Baroque was characterized as all of these EXCEPT:
Predictable
The EARLY Baroque continues to emphasize:
The human voice
The first public opera house was opened where?
Venice