Baroque- Introduction

Question 1

What are the dates of the Baroque Era?

Answer 1

1600-1750

Question 2

What are the dates of the Renaissance Era?

Answer 2

1450-1600

Question 3

What event signalled the end of the Baroque Era?

Answer 3

The death of Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 4

What event signalled the end of the Mideaval Era?

Answer 4

The end of the Byzantine Empire

Question 5

What new genre appeared at the end of the Renaissance Era?

Answer 5

Opera

Question 6

What event signalled the beginning of the Mideaval Era?

Answer 6

The fall of the Roman Empire

Question 7

he Baroque era was a time of…

Answer 7

absolute monarchy and religious conflict.

Question 8

What were emotions called in the Baroque Era?

Answer 8

The ‘affects’ or ‘affections’

Question 9

Which instrument became more and more popular in the Baroque Era?

A. The lute

B. The Harpsichord

C. The Clavichord

D. The Organ

Answer 9

B. The harpsichord

Question 10

How many works for organ did J. S. Bach compose?

Answer 10

over 270

Question 11

What does Baroque Basso Continuo require?

Answer 11

It requires two instruments: a lower-register instrument, often cello or bassoon, to play the notated bass line; and a chord-playing instrument, such as a harpsichord, organ, or lute, to fill in or “realize” the harmony.