Unit 3 Baroque

Question 1

What were the dates of the baroque period?

Answer 1

1600-1750

Question 2

What were the significant events that occurred during this time?

Answer 2

The birth of opera and the death of Bach

Question 3

What does Baroque mean?

Answer 3

abnormal

Question 4

It was the highpoint of the _______ system during the Baroque period which was a primary source of income for composers?

Answer 4

Patronage

Question 5

What two instruments did Bass Continuo use?

Answer 5

keyboard and bass instrument

Question 6

What texture were vocal music and instrumental music typically written in?

Answer 6

Homophonic; polyphonic

Question 7

What were the most popular instruments of the Baroque period?

Answer 7

Harpsichord and organ

Question 8

What are sudden dynamic changes called?

Answer 8

Terraced dynamics

Question 9

Who were the poets, nobles, and composers that created opera?

Answer 9

The Florentine Cameratas

Question 10

L’Euridice was premiered in October of _______.

Answer 10

1600

Question 11

Where was the first public opera house built?

Answer 11

Venice

Question 12

What are the 4 characteristics of opera?

Answer 12

music, acting, scenery, dancing

Question 13

What was the text of an opera, oratorio or cantata?

Answer 13

Libretto

Question 14

What was it called when an opera singer covered the text the way of a speech?

Answer 14

Recitative

Question 15

What is a solo song in opera?

Answer 15

Aria

Question 16

Who wrote what was considered the first opera masterpiece and what was it called?

Answer 16

Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo

Question 17

Who was Britain’s leading composer of the 17th century?

Answer 17

Purcell

Question 18

What was the famous aria from “Dido and Aeneas?”

Answer 18

“When I Am Laid in the Earth”

Question 19

What was a lengthy sacred musical work for voices and orchestra?

Answer 19

Oratorio

Question 20

What are the 2 major differences between opera and oratorio?

Answer 20

Oratorio is based on a religious topic and is rarely staged

Question 21

Who wrote the most famous oratorio of all time and what was it called?

Answer 21

George Frederic Handel: Messiah

Question 22

When did Handel write Messiah?

Answer 22

In 1741

Question 23

Why is it tradition to stand during the “Hallelujah Chorus”

Answer 23

King George II stood during its first performance in London

Question 24

What is a small scale oratorio that is based on a religious topic and composed for protestant worship services

Answer 24

Cantata

Question 25

Bach was considered a ________ virtuoso and was a master of a polyphonic texture called ________

Answer 25

Keyboard: counterpoint

Question 26

What was the musical setting of one of the Biblical accounts of Jesus’ crucifixion?

Answer 26

Passion

Question 27

________ means to sound and is a piece for one or more instruments

Answer 27

Sonata

Question 28

How many players are needed for a trio sonata

Answer 28

4

Question 29

What is a collection of dance pieces known as?

Answer 29

Suite

Question 30

Handel composed _________ for King George I to go down the Thames

Answer 30

Water Music

Question 31

What is a multi-movement work that contrasts a soloist with an orchestra?

Answer 31

Concerto

Question 32

A multi-movement work contrasting a small instrumental group with an orchestra

Answer 32

Concerto grosso

Question 33

What was Vivaldi’s most famous set of concertos called?

Answer 33

The Four Seasons

Question 34

What is a polyphonic keyboard composition with the main them imitated in several parts?

Answer 34

Fugue