Test - Baroque - Jan 2025

Question 1

1.
Name the composer for the following statement.

This composer was a great master of the contrapuntal arts.

Question 2

2.
Name the composer for the following statement.

This composer’s works have a sense of pageantry and dramatic theatrical style through grandiose gestures.

Question 3

3.
Answer the following questions of the audio clip:

Title of the entire work
Composer
Genre of the entire work
What is the poetic image
Give the musical depiction: (description of the music)

Question 4

4.
Answer the questions of the audio clip:

Title of the entire work
Title of this movement
Composer
Genre of the entire work
Genre of this movement
What is the texture demonstrated in the audio clip

Question 5

5.
Answer the following questions of the audio clip:

Title of the entire work
Composer
Genre of the this movement
Texture(s) of this movement

Question 6

6.
Answer the questions of the audio clip:

Title of the entire work
Title of this movement
Composer
Genre of the entire work
Genre of this movement
What is the predominant rhythm

Question 7

7. Answer the following questions of the audio clip:

Title of the entire work
Title of this movement
Composer
Genre of the entire work
Genre of this movement
Give one word painting

Question 8

8.
Name the composer for the following statement.

This composer’s works often have alternation of homorhythymic (homophonic) with contrapuntal textures (polyphonic).

Question 9

9.
Name the composer for the following statement.

This composer developed idiomatic writing for strings and contributed to the development of the three-movement concerto structure.

Question 10

10.
Name the composer for the following statements.

This composer composed works in virtually every genre except opera. His
personal faith was a source of inspiration for his works.

Question 11

11.
Answer the following questions of the audio clip:

Title of the entire work
Composer
Genre of the entire work
What is the poetic image
Give the musical depiction: (description of the music)

Question 12

12.
Answer the following questions of the audio clip:

Title of the entire work
Composer
Genre of the this movement
Texture(s) of this movement
How many voices are in this piece?
What kind of answer?

Question 13

13
Choose the correct term:

a speech-like style of singing used in operas, oratorios and cantatas

Ternary; idiomatic; recitative; prelude; basso continuo; subject

Question 14

14
Choose the correct term:

the initial statement of the main theme of a fugue in the tonic key

Ternary; idiomatic; recitative; prelude; basso continuo; subject

Question 15

15
Choose the correct term:

Baroque performance practice that generally involves two performers - one playing the notated bass line and the other one playing the harmonies as indicated by the figured bass

Ternary; idiomatic; recitative; prelude; basso continuo; subject

Question 16

16
Choose the correct term:

a short keyboard work in improvisatory style

Ternary; idiomatic; recitative; prelude; basso continuo; subject

Question 17

17
Choose the correct term:

ABA form

Ternary; idiomatic; recitative; prelude; basso continuo; subject

Question 18

18
Choose the correct term:

opposite of ‘generic’. highlights the unique technical capabilities of an instrument

Ternary; idiomatic; recitative; prelude; basso continuo; subject