Exam 2

Question 1

Baroque Period
1) Characteristics of Time Period
2) Audience

Answer 1

1) Concentration in political power
Concentration of wealth
Excess in the arts
2) Aristocrats (at church or court)

Question 2

Baroque Music Characteristics

Answer 2

Strong contrast in Timbre, Texture, and Dynamics
Highly ornamented melodies
Steady tempos/beat
Basso Continuo

Question 3

Baroque Concerto
1) Characteristics
2) Composer and Song

Answer 3

Features alternation between soloist and the group (“tutti”)

Composer: Bach (German)
Music: Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor

Question 4

Continuo Madrigal
1) Characteristics
2) Composer and Song +key term

Answer 4

Features basso continuo with other voices/instruments

Composer: Monteverdi (Italian)
Song: “Io son pur vezzosetta”
Key Term: volta - “a turn around”

Question 5

Composer: Josquin
1) Genre
2) Song
3) Key Term
4) Nationality

Answer 5

1) Mass: catholic worship
2) Missa l’homme arme “Kyrie”
3) Cantus Firmus - preexisting melody woven into all sections of music
4) Netherlands

Question 6

Composer: Palestrina
1) Genre
2) Song
3) Nationality

Answer 6

1) Motet: polyphonic, Acapella
2) “Sicut Cervus”: sacred, choral sound, lacks contrast, focus on text
3) Italian

Question 7

Composer: John Dowland
1) Genre
2) Song
3) Nationality

Answer 7

1) Lute song
2) “Flow my Tears”, homophonic
3) England