Unit 1 Lesson 3: Baroque music

Question 1

heavily ornamented style, “broken pearl”, birth of the opera

Answer 1

Baroque Period

Question 2

Features of baroque music: (ULO)

Answer 2

• upper and lower tones
• layered melodies
• orchestras grew

Question 3

Characteristics of baroque

Answer 3

• Concerto grosso
• Fugue
• Oratorio
• Chorale

Question 4

Parts of fugue

Answer 4

• Subject (intro)
• Answer (repetition of subject)
• Countersubject (new melodic music)
• Counterpoint (interweave)

Question 5

“big group”, large ensemble of string instruments

Answer 5

Concerto Grosso

Question 6

Uses interwoven melodies, no text

Answer 6

Fugue

Question 7

large-scale musical composition, based on scripture

Answer 7

Oratorio

Question 8

metrical hymn tune

Answer 8

Chorale

Question 9

German composer, one of the greatest of all time

Answer 9

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 10

Bach is known for?

Answer 10

Bandenburg Concertos, Goldburg Variation, Matthew passion

Question 11

Compositions of Bach:

Answer 11

• 100+ canatas
• Latin church music
• Passions
• Oratorio

Question 12

composed oratorios and instrumentals

Answer 12

George Friedrich Handel

Question 13

Mendel’s 1741 work, most famous oratorio

Answer 13

Messiah