Suite

Question 1

How were dances paired in the Renaissance era?

Answer 1

Dances that were paired usually had the same mood or key, but varied in tempo, complexity, rhythmic activity, etc. to emphasize contrast (Baroque)

Question 2

How did the Baroque era advance the dance pairings?

Answer 2

Dance suites were created (Baroque)

Question 3

What are the 4 primary dances in a Baroque suite?

Answer 3

Allemande: Quadruple meter with varied tempo
Courante: Triple meter and quite fast
Sarabande: Triple meter with slow, heavy tempo and prolonged 2nd beat
Gigue: Compound meter and pretty fast (Baroque)

Question 4

Where and when did the practice of grouping together several stylized dances emerge?

Answer 4

In 17th century France (Baroque)

Question 5

Who established the standard order of dances?

Answer 5

Johann Jakob Froberger in Germany (Baroque)

Question 6

What is a suite?

Answer 6

A collection of stylized dances in the same key composed for a solo instrument or instrumental ensemble (Baroque)

Question 7

What is an ordre?

Answer 7

French for suite (Baroque)

Question 7

What are agréments?

Answer 7

French term for ornaments (Baroque)

Question 7

What is a hornpipe?

Answer 7

A lively triple meter dance of English origin sometimes featured in a suite (Baroque)

Question 8

What is a double?

Answer 8

A French term for an embellished version of a movement or dance played as an alternative during repeats (Baroque)

Question 9

What are notes inégales?

Answer 9

French for unequal notes and refers to notes written in equal time values played for a different length of time (lengthening and shortening notes) (Baroque)

Question 10

What is a clavecin?

Answer 10

French for keyboard (Baroque)

Question 11

ALL CHARACTERISTICS OF Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin

Answer 11

Structure: Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, then it starts to include character pieces, minuets, and a gavotte
Genre: Suite
Composer: Jean-Phillipe Rameau
Date: 1729
Performing forces: Harpsichord
Key: G minor
Meter: Triple (Baroque)

Question 12

Musical Characteristics of Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin

Answer 12

La poule:
Mood: Like the clucking of a hen
Structure: AAB
Opening motive: Broken chord followed by repeated notes, repeated throughout the movement
It is a very virtuosic piece with many close quarter playing, fast notes, and overall difficult sections. Section B reinstates the first section A in the dominant minor. The ending of section B is the ending of section A in the tonic key to end the piece off without any dissonance or the such (Baroque)

Question 13

Who was Jean-Phillipe Rameau?

Answer 13

A French composer of the Late Baroque era who was a brilliant keyboard player and achieved fame composing operas and as a music theorist. He composed imaginative character pieces filled with the musical techniques of the time such as ornamentation and occasionally counterpoint (Baroque)

Question 14

ALL CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER MUSIC

Answer 14

Background: Handel composed it for King George I of England for a boating party on the Thames
Structure: 3 suites; 2nd suite is 5 movements
Genre: Orchestral suite
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Date: 1717
Performing forces: Orchestra (Baroque)

Question 15

Musical Characteristics of Water Music

Answer 15

Movement 2:
Structure: ABA
Key: D major, B minor, D major
Meter: 3/2
Form: Ternary
Section B does not contain Brass instruments and has more rhythmic activity, and section A is mainly a repeated note motive and the opening theme being passed around (Baroque)

Question 16

Who was George Frideric Handel?

Answer 16

An Italian-English Composer who had a very successful career and was a cosmopolitan musician, embracing international styles. He was known for his operas and oratorios. and had a very dramatic style using the full extent of Baroque compositional techniques. He loved contrast and virtuosity, and even created the English Oratorio and contributed to the development of many more genres. (Baroque)