Baroque Solo Concerto

Question 1

What is a baroque solo concerto?

Answer 1

A single solo instrument (violin,cello,recorder..) was pitted against the weight of the string orchestra to provide the accompaniment

Question 2

What instruments were used for soloists?

Answer 2

Violin 
Cello
Recorder
Trumpet
Oboe 
Flute

Question 3

What was the significance of the soloists part within the solo concerto?

Answer 3

Composer gave the soloist some difficult technically demanding passages to play

Question 4

First movement:
Form&structure
Tempo & mood

Answer 4

Ritornello form
Brisk and purposeful

FAST

Question 5

Second movement
Form structure
Tempo / mood

Answer 5

Da capo aria
Slow and song like

SLOW

Question 6

Third movement
Form and structure
Tempo and mood

Answer 6

Ritornello form
Fast and cheerful

FAST

Question 7

Melody in the baroque solo concerto

Answer 7

Long and flowing melodies decorated with ornamentation (sequences/imitation)

Question 8

Solo concerto composers

Answer 8

Vivaldi
Handel
Bach

Question 9

Why is the harpsichord at the front of the orchestra ?

Answer 9

It accompanied and directed the orchestra

Question 10

Limitations of baroque instruments

Answer 10

Could go out of tune easily

Strings could snap during performance

Question 11

What’s the only percussion instrument in baroque ?

Answer 11

Timpani

Question 12

What’s the role of the woodwind and brass instruments?

Answer 12

Used as melodic instruments but later used to sustain the harmony