Test 2

Question 1

Who narrated the movie “Story of Music?”

Answer 1

Howard Goodall

Question 2

What king was a proponent of the ballet?

Answer 2

Louis XIV

Question 3

What is modulation?

Answer 3

Moving from key family to key family

Question 4

What is harmonic progression?

Answer 4

Musical gravity

Henry Parcel, circle of fifths

Question 5

What is equal temperament?

Answer 5

A musical temperament, or a system of tuning, in which every pair of adjacent pitches is separated by the same interval

Question 6

What was novel about the invention of the piano?

Answer 6

It could play both softly and loudly.

Question 7

When was the audience introduced?

Answer 7

1750

Question 8

What is an oratorio?`

Answer 8

Opera without the guade and pomp of traditional operas, religious

Question 9

Who were the three main composers of the baroque period?

Answer 9

Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi

Question 10

What years were the baroque period?

Answer 10

1600 - 1750

Question 11

What are operas?

Answer 11

Dramas set to music

Question 12

When was 90% of the music we listen to from the the baroque period written?

Answer 12

1700 - 1750

Question 13

Who was the first virtuoso on violin?

Answer 13

Vivaldi

Question 14

Who was known as the “red priest?”

Answer 14

Vivaldi

Question 15

Who made concertos famous?

Answer 15

Vivaldi

Question 16

Where did Vivaldi work?

Answer 16

An all-girls’ boarding school

Question 17

Who wrote “The Four Seasons?”

Answer 17

Vivaldi

Question 18

What type of piece is “The Four Seasons?”

Answer 18

concerto

Question 19

Define bassocontinuo.

Answer 19

Not all orchestra accompanies a soloist

Question 20

What instrument does the conductor play?

Answer 20

Harpsicord

Question 21

What instrument was “The Four Seasons” played on?

Answer 21

Stradivarius violin

Question 22

Where are Stradivarius violins made?

Answer 22

Promona, Italy

Question 23

How much are Stradivarius violins worth?

Answer 23

$17 million

Question 24

Who was the soloist featured in “The Four Seasons?”

Answer 24

Sofie Ann Mussie

Question 25

What are Stradivarius violins made of?

Answer 25

Spruce and maple body with a finger board made of ebony from Africa

Question 26

Define concerto grosso.

Answer 26

Big group playing small group playing with soloist

Question 27

Who wrote “Concerto for Two Trumpets?"

Answer 27

Vivaldi

Question 28

Who performed “Concerto for Two Trumpets?"

Answer 28

Winton Marsallis

Question 29

Who made the fugue popular?

Answer 29

Bach

Question 30

Define fugue.

Answer 30

Polyphonic complicated melody in which a separate group comes in and plays later (like a round)

Question 31

Define pipe organ.

Answer 31

Makes noise through compressed pipes

Question 32

Who did Bach work for?

Answer 32

The church and Duke of Brandenberg

Question 33

Who wrote “Toccata and Fugue?"

Answer 33

Bach

Question 34

What were the three instrument groups that played “Toccata and Fugue?"

Answer 34

Pipe organ Canadian Brass quintet Orchestra

Question 35

What parts make up a pipe organ?

Answer 35

3 rows of keys, pedals for lower notes

Question 36

What instruments make up the Canadian Brass Quintet?

Answer 36

2 trumpets french horn trombone tuba

Question 37

Define arrangement.

Answer 37

Taking the same song and rewriting it for different instruments

Question 38

What was the highest trumpet piece written?

Answer 38

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

Question 39

Which instruments had solos in Brandenburg Concerto No. 2?

Answer 39

Trumpets, oboe, flute, and violin

Question 40

What instruments played the basso continuo in Brandenburg Concerto No. 2?

Answer 40

Harpsichord and cello

Question 41

What type of music is Vivaldi famous for?

Answer 41

Concertos and oratorios

Question 42

What type of music did Handel write?

Answer 42

Orchestral suites

Question 43

What were Handel’s two most famous works?

Answer 43

Music for the Royal Firework and Water Music

Question 44

Where was Handel born?

Answer 44

Germany

Question 45

Where did Handel become famous?

Answer 45

London, England

Question 46

Where did Handel move to?

Answer 46

Italy

Question 47

What is an oratorio?

Answer 47

Like an opera but without the drama

Question 48

What was Handel’s most famous piece?

Answer 48

“The Messiah"

Question 49

Who was Music for the Royal Firework written for?

Answer 49

King Louis XIV

Question 50

What type of song is the Hallelujah chorus?

Answer 50

Oratorio

Question 51

Define coloritura.

Answer 51

When a soprano sings all over the scales

Question 52

Where did Handel write “The Messiah?"

Answer 52

Italy

Question 53

What feature of harmony developed during the baroque period?

Answer 53

Major and minor

Question 54

What does well-tempered mean?

Answer 54

12 instead of 19 notes

Question 55

How many emotions does opera express?

Answer 55

One

Question 56

What did baroque music express?

Answer 56

Self-expression

Question 57

Where was baroque music played?

Answer 57

Church, court, opera house

Question 58

What is an overture?

Answer 58

Beginning of an opera

Question 59

What instruments make up the core of baroque?

Answer 59

Violins and cellos

Question 60

How many movements are in a baroque concerto?

Answer 60

3

Question 61

Who wrote the Art of Fugue?

Answer 61

Bach

Question 62

What is the Art of Fugue?

Answer 62

48 fugues in every major/minor key

Question 63

How many kids did Bach have?

Answer 63

20

Question 64

Why did musicians have good world views?

Answer 64

They traveled a lot

Question 65

What are fugues?

Answer 65

Imitated polyphony (rounds)

Question 66

What was the musical capital of the world?

Answer 66

Italy

Question 67

What was the baroque capital of the world?

Answer 67

Vienna

Question 68

Where did Stradivarius live?

Answer 68

Promona, Italy

Question 69

Define castrodi.

Answer 69

A male child (between 10-11) castrated so they sing with a high pitch their whole life