BAROQUE MUSIC

Question 1

When was the Baroque era?

Answer 1

1685-1750

Question 2

Baroque came from the ___ term ___ meaning __ ___ ___

Answer 2

Portuguese, barocco, oddly shaped pearl

Question 3

Baroque era came AFTER the ___ music period and BEFORE the ___ music period

Answer 3

Renaissance, Classical

Question 4

Invented in the baroque era, it is an important study done in music schools until today. It is considered to be the foundation of music writing and composers made innovations in their music by using this technique

Answer 4

Harmonic Analysis

Question 5

Music forms of Baroque period

Answer 5

Concerto Grosso and Fugue

Question 6

It utilizes an ensemble of soloists (___) and a full orchestra (____)

Answer 6

Concertino, Ripieno

Question 7

Concerto Grosso is the Italian term for ___ ___

Answer 7

Big concert

Question 8

Music piece that uses interwoven melodies based on a single musical idea

Answer 8

Fugue

Question 9

Fugue developed from an earlier idea from the ___ period called ___ ___, where multiple singers would sing the same melody at different points in time

Answer 9

Renaissance, imitative polyphony

Question 10

Baroque Vocal forms and styles

Answer 10

Oratorio, opera, recitatives, and chorale

Question 11

Large-religious themed compositional work for soloists, opera, and orchestra

Answer 11

Oratorio

Question 11

Oratorio is ___,___,___ and deals with ___ topics used for performance in churches, though sometimes in halls and churches

Answer 11

simple, plain, and rarely staged, sacred

Question 11

Oratorio is significant in ___

Answer 11

Baroque churches

Question 12

Opera deals with __, ___, ___, ___, or ___.

Answer 12

history, mythology, romance, deception, or murder

Question 12

It is extravagant

Answer 12

Opera

Question 13

Serious opera

Answer 13

Opera Seria

Question 14

Comedy opera

Answer 14

Opera Buffa

Question 15

Soloist in opera

Answer 15

Aria

Question 16

Style of vocal music that is used in opera, oratorio, and cantata, designed to imitate the natural inflections of speech.

Answer 16

Recitatives

Question 17

Recitatives serves as a way to ___ __ ___ or ___ ___ and is typically less melodic than an ___

Answer 17

advance the plot, convey dialogue, aria

Question 18

Recitatives can be seen as a musical form somewhere between ___ and ___ with a flexible rhythm to match the work’s ___

Answer 18

speaking, singing, expression

Question 19

A melody in which a hymn is sung by a congregation in a Protestant church service in Germany

Answer 19

Chorale

Question 20

It usually has a ___ __ ___ where the ___ and the congregation sing the same melody with 3 lower voices:

Answer 20

four-part setting, sopranos, altor,tenor,bass

Question 21

The greatest baroque composers

Answer 21

Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel

Question 21

The melodies in chorale were borrowed from __ songs and, therefore, displayed great ___ and ____ simplicity; easy and “singable”

Answer 21

secular,melodic,structural

Question 22

The words in chorale are usually sung in a ___ manner and a ___ form.

Answer 22

rhyming, strophic form

Question 22

Strophic form structure

Answer 22

verse 1, pre-chorus, chorus, verse 2, chorus, coda(outro)

Question 23

He did not become instantly famous. Early romantic composers re-evaluated his works, which resulted in a world wide acknowledgement of his brilliance and importance to music

Answer 23

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 24

Bach was an orphan by the age of __

Answer 24

10

Question 25

At night, Bach would steal his __ ___ musical works and copy them by __

Answer 25

music works, moonlight

Question 26

As a young boy, he had a ___ ___ ___ ___, which helped him secure at school

Answer 26

sweet soprano vocal timbre

Question 27

When his voice changed due to puberty, he switched his focus to playing ___ and ___

Answer 27

violin and harpsichord

Question 28

In ___, 20-year-old Bach walked ___ miles between 2 German cities to study the works of other famous organists

Answer 28

1705, 280

Question 29

His lawyer father did not support his musical dreams.

Answer 29

George Frideric Handel

Question 30

Handel used to sneak a ___ up the attic to practice and play in secret

Answer 30

Clavichord

Question 31

The one who supported Handel was his

Answer 31

Mother

Question 32

While on a trip, someone put Handel in front of an organ. To everyone’s surprise, he started to___

Answer 32

play

Question 32

Who was so impressed with Handel that he persuaded Handel’s father to let him study music?

Answer 32

Adolf I, the Duke of Johann

Question 33

At his fathers insistence, he initially agreed to study law, but did not remained enrolled for long because _______

Answer 33

His passion for music could not be surpressed

Question 34

He died a ____ man in ___, aged ___, in ___

Answer 34

wealthy, 1759, 74, London

Question 34

Handel’s Nickname and why this

Answer 34

“The Great Bear” because of his nature, size, and way of walking

Question 35

He was known to be a very ___ person and did not __

Answer 35

private, marry