Baroque Period, Forms, Characteristics

Question 1

What does baroque style mean?

Answer 1

To fill space with action and movement

Question 2

What was the baroque era a period of?

Answer 2

Absolutism

Question 3

What was the social order during the Baroque period?

Answer 3

A relatively small number of wealthy rulers were able to enjoy wealthy lifestyles on the back of a great number of incredibly poor people

Question 4

What did churches do to make worship more attractive and appealing?

Answer 4

Used the emotional and theatrical qualities of art

Question 5

What else was the Baroque period an important time for?

Answer 5

Science

Question 6

Whose theories were tested and experimented during the period?

Answer 6

Galileo and Newton

Question 7

What are terraced dynamics?

Answer 7

When volume levels shift abruptly from soft to loud without gradual crescendos or decrescendos

Question 8

What is polyphony?

Answer 8

Several independent voices playing at once

Question 9

What is homophony?

Answer 9

A distinct melody that is accompanied by harmony

Question 10

What does a baroque piece usually express?

Answer 10

One basic mood throughout the whole piece

Question 11

What are these moods known as?

Answer 11

Affections

Question 12

What is the prime exception to typical baroque pieces?

Answer 12

Vocal Music

Question 13

Which feature was employed and further involved during the period?

Answer 13

Word painting

Question 14

What musical technique became increasingly popular during the Baroque period?

Answer 14

Chords

Question 15

What was the most characteristic feature of Baroque music?

Answer 15

Basso continuo

Question 16

What was the basso continuo usually played by?

Answer 16

2 instruments, the left hand of a keyboard and a low pitched instrument

Question 17

What did the right hand of the keyboard play?

Answer 17

Chords which were indicated by a series of numbers known as the figured bass

Question 18

What can the figured bass also be referred as?

Answer 18

Musical shorthand

Question 19

What do many baroque pieces contain?

Answer 19

A set of pieces known as movements

Question 20

What does binary form consist of?

Answer 20

Two specific melodies and can be thought of as A-B

Question 21

What does ternary form consist of?

Answer 21

Two melodies and a return to the original melody, can be thought of as A-B-A

Question 22

What is an example of a piece in binary form?

Answer 22

Bouree from Suite in E Minor for Lute, J.S.Bach

Question 23

What is an example of a piece in ternary form?

Answer 23

The trumpet shall sound from Messiah, G.F.Handel

Question 24

What does ritornello mean?

Answer 24

Refrain

Question 25

What is an example of a piece in ritornello form?

Answer 25

Brandenburg Concerto Number 5 in D Major, J.S.Bach

Question 26

What occurs during the concerto grosso?

Answer 26

A small core of soloists are accompanied by a much larger ensemble, known as the tutti section

Question 27

What is the pattern that occurs in the concerto grosso?

Answer 27

The ritornello is introduced by the whole ensemble, followed by a solo exploration

Question 28

What happens after this pattern is initially introduced?

Answer 28

The ensemble returns with fragments of the refrain in different keys, before finally returning to the original key for the completion of the movement