Baroque Study Questions Flashcards
Baroque style flourished in music during the period…
A) 1000-1250
B) 1250-1450
C) 1450-1600
D) 1600-1750
1600-1750
The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and …
A) Giovanni Gabrieli
B) Galileo Galilei
C) Johann Christian Bach
D) Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Claudio Monteverdi, an early baroque composer, strove to create music that was…
A) difficult to perform
B) passionate and dramatic
C) extremely complex
D) placid and smooth
passionate and dramatic
Terraced dynamics refers to…
A) a gradual change from soft to loud
B) a gradual change from loud to soft
C) the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another
D) dynamics that are not written in the music but added by the performer
the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.
The main keyboard instruments of the baroque period were the organ and the…
A) clavichord
B) harpsichord
C) piano
D) accordion
harpsichord
In the baroque period, the ordinary citizen’s opportunities for hearing music usually comes from the…
A) corner tavern
B) church
C) concert hall
D) court
church
A concerto grosso most often has _______ movements.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
3
The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the…
A) concertino
B) orchestra
C) Soloists
D) tutti
tutti
The first and last movements of the concerto grosso is known as the…
A) sonata
B) ritornello
C) theme and variations
D) ternary
ritornello
The main theme of a fugue is called the…
A) answer
B) subject
C) countersubject
D) episode
subject
A _____________ is a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it.
A) pedal point
B) pitch
C) basso continuo
D) basso ostinato
pedal point
An __________ is a play, set to music, sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes, and action.
A) overture
B) opera
C) ana
D) ensemble
opera
The text, or book, of a musical dramatic work is called the…
A) text
B) libretto
C) story
D) score
libretto
A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called?
A) aria
B) duct
C) ensemble
D) solo
aria
_____ refers to a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech.
A) aria
B) ensemble
C) recitative
D) ensemble
recitative
A(n) ________ is a musical number for two solo voices with orchestral accompaniment.
A) aria
B) ensemble
C) duet
D) chorus
duet
The ________ is the person who beats time, indicates expression, cues in musicians, and controls the balance among instruments and voices.
A) prima donna
B) prompter
C) concertmaster
D) conductor
conductor
The earliest opera that has been preserved is Jacopo Peri’s…
A) Eurodice
B) Orfeo
C) Nerone
D) Arsace
Euridice
Embellishments are…
A) ornamental tones not printed in the music that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performers were expected to add to the melody
B) music created at the same time it is performed
C) notes printed in the music that embellish the melody
D) obsolete in contemporary performances
ornamental tones not printed in the music that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performers were expected to add to the melody
Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ______ performers.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
4
Antonio Vivaldi was famous and influential as a virtuoso…
A) harpsichord
B) opera singer
C) lutenist
D) violinist
violinist
Bach was recognized as the most eminent _____ of his day.
A) organist
B) composer
C) violinist
D) cellist
organist
Improvisation is…
A) technique used only in jazz and northwestern music
B) music created at the same time as it is performed
C) the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music
D) all of the above
music created at the same time as it is performed
Sets of dance-inspired instrumental movements are called…
A) sonatas
B) music created at the same time as it is performed
C) suites
D) cantatas
suites
