Music Terms

Question 1

Pesante

Answer 1

Heavy and ponderous

Question 2

Piu Mosso

Answer 2

More movement, quicker

Question 3

Maestoso

Answer 3

In a majestic manner

Question 4

Meno mosso

Answer 4

A little less motion

Question 5

Lento

Answer 5

Slow

Question 6

Con fuoco

Answer 6

With great vigor and speed

Question 7

Più

Answer 7

More

Question 8

Leggiero

Answer 8

Light and delicate

Question 9

Sostenuto

Answer 9

Sustained or prolonged manner

Question 10

Giocoso

Answer 10

Playful merry

Question 11

Tessitura

Answer 11

The range at which most of the notes fall within a part

Question 12

Diatonic

Answer 12

Using only notes from the prevailing key, with limited chromatic alteration

Question 13

Portamento

Answer 13

Carrying one note to the other (slide on violin)

Question 14

Rubato

Answer 14

Temporary disregarding of strict tempo to allow an expressive quickening or slackening, usually without altering the overall piece

Question 15

How many editions are there of bachs violin partitas and sonatas?

Answer 15

Over 50

Question 16

How many complete recordings of bachs partitas and sonatas?

Answer 16

Over 40

Question 17

How many sonatas and partitas for solo violin did Bach write?

Answer 17

6

Question 18

Which two composers were famous for writing piano accomp to bachs sonatas and partitas?

Answer 18

Mendelssohn (1840)

Schumann (1854)

Question 19

What century was there piano accomp written for bachs violin sonatas?

Answer 19

19th century

Question 20

Which composer was instrumental in trying to increase public understanding of the bachs solo violin sonatas by writing piano accomp?

Answer 20

Mendelssohn

Question 21

What was the date on JS Bachs surviving manuscript of the solo violin sonatas?

Answer 21

1720

Question 22

Bachs dates

Answer 22

1685-1750

Question 23

Sonata da chiesa

Answer 23

A sonata one would play in church

Question 24

Sonata da camera

Answer 24

A piece played in secular settings ie partita

Question 25

French meaning of baroque

Answer 25

Bizarre or grotesque

Question 26

Portuguese meaning of baroque

Answer 26

Flawed pearl

Question 27

20th cent definition of baroque music

Answer 27

Bold, decorative, confident, flamboyant

Question 28

Most consistent feature of baroque music

Answer 28

Presence of basso continuo

Question 29

In baroque music an upward leap might indicate

Answer 29

An exclamation

Question 30

In baroque music a rising scale might indicate

Answer 30

A question

Question 31

In baroque music a falling chromatic scale might indicate

Answer 31

Sadness

Question 32

Three qualities of baroque music

Answer 32

Basso continuo Rhetoric devices Rhythmic vitality

Question 33

What century and period and country saw the growth making of the violin?

Answer 33

17th cent baroque Italy - Cremona

Question 34

Baroque suonari means

Answer 34

To sound as opposed to sing

Question 35

The start of the baroque period the instrumental music was idiomatic meaning that...

Answer 35

Less focus on harmony but on the drive. Interest in solo music, filled with continuo improvisation. Could not be played on any instrument other than violin.

Question 36

Early baroque composers were

Answer 36

Marini, Vivaldi, teleman

Question 37

Bach was where in the baroque period?

Answer 37

Mid to late

Question 38

When was the violin family fully evolved?

Answer 38

Late 1500s

Question 39

Da braccia means

Answer 39

Played on the arm

Question 40

Da gamba means

Answer 40

On the leg

Question 41

Viol and viola d'amore (Renaissance) had up to .......strings and sometimes as many 'sympathetic' strings

Answer 41

7

Question 42

When did composers and players settle on the quartet of instruments we use today?

Answer 42

By 1700

Question 43

What happened in 1610 for the violin?

Answer 43

Debuted as a solo instrument.

Question 44

Who published the first violin sonatas and in what year?

Answer 44

Giovanni paolo cima, 1610

Question 45

Corelli was dubbed what?

Answer 45

A new Orpheus for our times

Question 46

Why in the baroque period there was no such thing as a full time composer?

Answer 46

Most pieces written by players who composed rather than composers who could play

Question 47

Most players were composers in the baroque period...what did this reflect in the music?

Answer 47

Individual players tech strengths, innovations and virtuosity

Question 48

As the music in baroque period became harder what happened to the holding of the instruments?

Answer 48

Had to shift from resting on the ribs to resting on the chin or below the collar bone (mid 1700)

Question 49

Senza means...

Answer 49

Without

Question 50

In the baroque period vibrato was seen as a powerful way to...

Answer 50

Imitate the emotional range of the human voice

Question 51

All baroque composers agreed on this one point about vibrato...

Answer 51

That it was most useful on long notes

Question 52

In baroque music finger wrong was determined by...

Answer 52

The way the violin was held!! (Shifting back was bloody hard when using the chinless hold)

Question 53

The now is described as

Answer 53

The soul of the violin

Question 54

What did a typical bow look like in the baroque period?

Answer 54

1/2 the size, weight and number of hairs

Question 55

By 1750s what had happened to the now?

Answer 55

Grown longer, heavier, hairier, same stick curving outward away from hair (robin hood style)

Question 56

How was the bow held in the baroque period?

Answer 56

Thumb under frog, 4th finger under rather than on stick

Question 57

What was the 'Bach bow'?

Answer 57

German invention 1920s allowed the sustaining of 3 and 4 note chords. Use of mechanism to tighten/loosen hair.

Question 58

Messa di voce means (in context of the baroque bow)

Answer 58

The placing of the voice

Question 59

Baroque bow was famous for it's natural

Answer 59

Cresc and dim sound

Question 60

The cresc and dim of the baroque bow was said to mimic

Answer 60

The natural tendency of greatest of gods instruments - the human voice