The Baroque Era: Extravagance, Order

Question 1

Baroque

Answer 1

in music, the term used for European music from 1600-1750.

Question 2

The Baroque is associated with…

Answer 2

Power, extravagance, and exaggeration.

Question 3

Renaissance was characterized by…

Answer 3

Non-imitative polyphony.

Question 4

Baroque music was composed for…

Answer 4

The court.

Question 5

Baroque emotion is characterized by chaos. True or false?

Answer 5

False, it is characterized by extravagance.

Question 6

What musical traits characterize Baroque music?

Answer 6

• Motor rhythms.
• Basso continuo.
• Single mood or emotion in a piece of section.
• Structural features that support that clarity.

Question 7

Motor Rhythm

Answer 7

Regular, consistent rhythmic patterns throughout the piece of section.

Question 8

When is the early Baroque?

Answer 8

1600-1700.

Question 9

When is the late Baroque?

Answer 9

1700-1750.

Question 10

Does rhythm exist in both the early and late Baroque?

Answer 10

Yes.

Question 11

How did the Baroque deal with dynamics?

Answer 11

Began getting written in, but not large dynamic contrast. Terraced dynamics.

Question 12

Terraced Dynamics

Answer 12

No crescendos or decrescendos, mostly stay at a few different levels.

Question 13

Melody in the early Baroque:

Answer 13

Simple.

Question 14

Melody in the late Baroque:

Answer 14

More ornate. Ornamentation.

Question 15

Harmonic rhythm in the early Baroque:

Answer 15

Slow.

Question 16

Harmony rhythm in the late Baroque:

Answer 16

Fast.

Question 17

Texture in the early Baroque:

Answer 17

Antiphony, multiple choirs answering each other.

Question 18

Antiphony

Answer 18

Multiple choirs that interact in a way.

Question 19

Texture in the late Baroque:

Answer 19

Polyphony, with homophony for contrast.

Question 20

Orchestra in the Baroque:

Answer 20

• Strings.
• Basso continuo.
• Festive Orchestra (brass, percussion, woodwinds).

Question 21

Basso Continuo

Answer 21

Two players in the orchestra that play the bass line and harmonizing chords. Continuous bass.

Question 22

Figured Bass

Answer 22

Numbers refer to intervals of notes played above bass. Indicates what chord the player is supposed to play.

Question 23

What underpins nearly everything in the Baroque?

Answer 23

Basso Continuo.

Question 24

Basso Ostinato / Ground Bass

Answer 24

A favourite technique in the Baroque, but widely used in many musical periods. Music from the ground up, a bass line usually in a fixed rhythm.

Question 25

Basso Continuo evolved into ___.

Answer 25

Passacaglia.

Question 26

Passacaglia

Answer 26

Less strict repetition, sometimes just repeated pattern of chords, variations.