Chapter 3 Test : Multiple Choice Flashcards
What does the term baroque mean
Bizarre flamboyant elaborately ornamented
What was the baroque time period
1600 - 1750
George Frederick Handel
A German composer, move to England/London for 47 years (reasonable length of time), considered queen Anne’s favorite composer,
Johann Sebastian Bach
Most eminent organ player, teacher, composer
When does instrumental music become as important as vocal
In the late period
What are the affections
Their emotions (of performer/projecting that emotion onto audience)
What does repeated rhythmic patterns provide in music
Add energy and drive
Describe baroque melodies
Heavily ornamented/difficult
A melodic sequence is
Where melody is repeated at a higher or lower pitch
What were the keyboard instruments of the broken era which one was considered for home use
Harpsichord clavichord and pipe organ, clavichord was used for home use/struck by brass blades
What is Basso continuo
Continuous bass - combination of keyboard and the low string instruments creating a baseline
Which bass part has numbers that tell a musician what to play
Figured bass
What instrument family becomes a major part of the orchestra
Strings violin family
What is a music director’s responsibilities and what is their social standing
Responsible for training choristers at the church school, still a servant
Why does Bach write the harpsichord into the Brandenburg Concertos as a soloist
Because his employer purchased a new one so he wrote it as a solo to feature it
What is the main theme of the fugue called and what is it called when it is restated in the dominant key
Main theme is subject restated is the answer
What is set to music accompanied by an orchestra has scenery costumes action and is full of drama
opera
What is the text of an opera called
Libretto
And opera song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called what
Aria
And opera if two main voices are singing it is called
Duet
In opera if three or more main voices are singing it is called
Ensemble
What is the conductors roll with an opera
Shapes the entire work tempos cues dynamics
When is an overture played during an opera
Most operas open with it/beginning
When and where did the first public opera house open
Venice 1637
