Chapter 1 - The Baroque Era

Question 1

The Affections

Answer 1

A principle where a composition has a single mood

Question 2

Answer

Answer 2

Second statement of the main theme in a fugue. Usually in the dominant key

Question 3

Real Answer

Answer 3

Exact transposition of the subject

Question 4

Tonal Answer

Answer 4

One or more intervals are changed

Question 5

Basso Continuo

Answer 5

Harpsichord and cello playing the harmonies

Question 6

Concerto Grosso

Answer 6

Structure of the Baroque Era with a solo group called the concertino and a background group called the ripieno

Question 7

Contrapuntal Art

Answer 7

Many melodies interweaving together

Question 8

Counterpoint

Answer 8

Musical writing with several independent musical lines

Question 9

Counter-subject

Answer 9

Counter-melody to accompany the subject and answer in a fugue

Question 10

Da capo aria

Answer 10

A song for solo voice in 3-part form

Question 11

Drone

Answer 11

Sustained tone

Question 12

Episode

Answer 12

Passage where there is no statement of the theme in a fugue

Question 13

Equal temperament

Answer 13

Method of tuning that allows instruments to play in all major and minor keys

Question 14

Figured bass

Answer 14

Numbers that indicate the harmony to be played

Question 15

French Overture

Answer 15

An orchestral piece with a slow, dotted rhythm first part and a fast, imitative second part

Question 16

Fugue

Answer 16

Highly structured, imitative composition for several voices where the theme keeps entering in different voices

Question 17

Homophonic Texture

Answer 17

A melody and it’s accompaniment

Question 18

Homorhythmic Texture

Answer 18

All voices sing the same rhythm

Question 19

Libretto

Answer 19

Text or words of a large vocal work

Question 20

Melisma

Answer 20

Several notes to one syllable

Question 21

Opera

Answer 21

A large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists with costumes, scenery, dance, acting, and music. Created in Italy around the 1600s

Question 22

Oratorio

Answer 22

Large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists that is usually based on sacred text. It doesn’t use costumes, scenery, dancing, acting, or music

Question 23

Ostinato

Answer 23

Repeating melodic or rhythmic pattern

Question 24

Polyphonic texture

Answer 24

Several melodic lines working together

Question 25

Prelude

Answer 25

Short keyboard work in improvisatory style (free, not fixed form)

Question 26

Recitativo accompagnato

Answer 26

Speech-like style of singing supported by orchestra

Question 27

Recitativo secco

Answer 27

Speech-like style of singing supported by harpsichord and cello

Question 28

Ripieno

Answer 28

The full ensemble in a Baroque concerto

Question 29

Ritornello Form

Answer 29

A musical structure where a refrain returns with contrasting sections in between

Question 30

Solo Concerto

Answer 30

Structure of the Baroque era and beyond for soloist and orchestra. Usually in 3-part form

Question 31

Stretto

Answer 31

Overlapping entries of the subject or answer

Question 32

Subject

Answer 32

Main theme of a fugue

Question 33

Terraced Dynamics

Answer 33

Getting louder or softer in steps

Question 34

Word Painting

Answer 34

The use of musical elements to describe a text