Introduction to Baroque

Question 1

What term does “three-part form A || B || A ||” refer to?

Answer 1

ternary form

Question 2

What term does “Section A generally ends with a closed cadence in the tonic key” refer to?

Answer 2

ternary form

Question 3

What term does “a Baroque philosophy inspired by ancient Greek and Roman writers and orators” refer to?

Answer 3

the “affections”

Question 4

What was the most important genre to emerge from the Baroque era?

Answer 4

the concerto

Question 5

What term does “opening material from Section A returns after Section B material” refer to?

Answer 5

rounded binary form

Question 6

What term does “results in stark contrast rather than gradual change” refer to?

Answer 6

terraced dynamics

Question 7

What term does “in Baroque music, a single “affection” or “affect” (one clear emotion) is usually projected through an entire composition or movement” refer to?

Answer 7

the “affections”

Question 8

What term does “key structure similar to binary form” refer to?

Answer 8

rounded binary form

Question 9

What term does “provides harmonic framework for the performance of a vocal or instrumental work” refer to?

Answer 9

figured bass

Question 10

What term does “vocal music depicted the emotions of the text or dramatic situation” refer to?

Answer 10

The “affections”

Question 11

in figured bass, which note does an accidental without a number indicate?

Answer 11

raise, lower, or make natural the third of the chord

Question 12

What term does “Baroque practice of changing dynamics abruptly” refer to?

Answer 12

terraced dynamics

Question 13

What term does “Section B generally creates contrast with a different key and/or new material” refer to?

Answer 13

ternary form

Question 14

What term does “performed or “realized” by the basso continuo” refer to?

Answer 14

figured bass

Question 15

What term does “two-part musical form: A || B + A1 ||” refer to?

Answer 15

rounded binary form

Question 16

What term does “refers to emotional states of the soul” refer to?

Answer 16

the “affections”

Question 17

Who wrote “On Playing the Flute”?

Answer 17

Johann Joachim Quantz (colleague of C. P. E. Bach)

Question 18

What term does “harmonies usually played on a keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord or organ, or on a plucked string instrument such as the lute” refer to?

Answer 18

basso continuo

Question 19

What term does “Section A generally ends with an authentic cadence in the dominant or relative major key” refer to?

Answer 19

binary form

Question 20

What term does “Baroque performance practice and shorthand” refer to?

Answer 20

basso continuo

Question 21

What term does “provides harmonic framework for the performance of a vocal or instrumental work” refer to?

Answer 21

basso continuo

Question 22

How did dynamics work on keyboard instruments in the Baroque era

Answer 22

performers used terraced dynamics

Question 23

What term does “from the Portuguese barroco meaning “irregularly shaped or misshapen pearl”” refer to?

Answer 23

Baroque

Question 24

What term does “often used in Baroque arias” refer to?

Answer 24

ternary form

Question 25

What term does “two-part form: A || B ||” refer to?

Answer 25

binary form

Question 26

Who wrote “Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments”?

Answer 26

C. P. E. Bach (Carl Phillip Emmanuel)

Question 27

What term does “now generally used with reference to the art, architecture, and music of the 17th and early 18th centuries” refer to?

Answer 27

Baroque

Question 28

What term does “both parts often repeated” refer to?

Answer 28

binary form

Question 29

What era did the affects come from?

Answer 29

The baroque era- 1600-1750

Question 30

What term does “first used as a derogatory term in reference to the ornate art and music of the 18th century” refer to?

Answer 30

Baroque

Question 31

Who wrote “A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing”?

Answer 31

Leopold Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s father)

Question 32

What term does “also referred to as the “Doctrine of Affections” or “the affects”” refer to?

Answer 32

the “affections”

Question 33

Who wrote “Traité de l’harmonie”?

Answer 33

Jean Phillipe Rameau

Question 34

True or False

The Baroque era oversaw the beginning of composers writing in tempos

Answer 34

False
Baroque composers often assumed that the performer would be able to choose a suitable tempo based on the meter and the musical characteristics of a score.

Question 35

What term does “numbers are placed above or below the bass line to show harmonic progression” refer to?

Answer 35

figured bass

Question 36

What term does “generally involves two performers—one playing the notated bass line, one realizing the harmonies indicated by the figured bass” refer to?

Answer 36

basso continuo

Question 37

What term does “a musical shorthand developed in the Baroque era” refer to?

Answer 37

figured bass

Question 38

What term does “frequently used in Baroque dances and keyboard pieces” refer to?

Answer 38

binary form