MUSIC Assignment 5
The organic "spinning out" of a musical work based on the first few notes played is called what?
Fortspinnung
George Frederic Handel's Messiah is a/an_____.
Oratorio
Cantatas can be sacred or secular.
True
Later in the baroque, royals and other wealthy families hired orchestras to provide music.
True
A toccata keyboard piece is characterized by
many scale passages, rapid runs and trills, and massive chords.
What is improvisation as it relates to music?
Music that is created by the performer during the moment of performance.
What is J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata about?
A young girl who is addicted to coffee and her father who desperately tries to free her of this addiction.
What is a cantata?
An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental accompaniment (like a small orchestra). Similar to an opera but shorter and has no costumes, stage props, or acting.
Johann Sebastian Bach lived during what musical period?
Baroque
Which of these statements is true?
By the end of the baroque era, instrumental music had gradually equaled or surpassed vocal music in popularity.
A _____ is a musical work where the main melody (the subject) is developed polyphonically. After the initial melody is heard, that same melody enters a few seconds later but at a different note-level. This process continues until all layers of melodies have entered and a complicated web of sound has been created.
Fugue
What section of a fugue begins immediately after the exposition?
Episode
The countersubject of a fugue appears only at the very end of the piece.
False
The exposition in a fugue includes the first statement of the subject only.
False
Which of the following is NOT one of the dances commonly present in a baroque suite?
Fantasia
The main melody of a fugue is called the
Subject
What do we call a multi-movement work where each movement is based on a particular popular dance? It is composed for a solo instrument and commonly found in the baroque period.
Suite
Which painting best represents the Baroque era aesthetic?
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula by Caravaggio
Which statement regarding the movements of J.S. Bach's Baroque dance suite is incorrect?
The Sarabande, a slow dance in three, was sexual in nature and originated in France
Handel's Messiah focuses on what subject?
The life of Jesus from the Bible
