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The Baroque Period Flashcards

1
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The most characteristic feature of baroque music was a specific type of accompaniment called,___________, in which a keyboard instrument played a continuous bass line in the left hand and chords in the right hand. The bass line was doubled by a low melodic instrument such as the cello or bassoon.

A

basso continuo

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A _______ is a section that sounds complete but is part of a larger musical composition.

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movement

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A ________ is a large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra. Set to biblical text.

A

oratorio

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4
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Both J.S Bach and G.F. Handel were born in the year_____.

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1685

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5
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Although he was German, Handel spent the last 47 years of his life in _______.

A

London

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The main keyboard instruments of the baroque were the ______ and the _______.

A
  1. organ

2. harpsichord

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7
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Another less popular keyboard instrument in the baroque was the ________, which produced sound by metal blades (tangents) striking the strings.

A

clavichord

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8
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True or false. The position of a composer in the baroque was that of a high class servant with few personal rights.

A

true

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9
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An ordinary baroque citizen’s best chance to hear music would be at ________.

A

church

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10
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For most opera fans, the main attraction is a(n) _____. A song for a solo voice with orchestra accompaniment.

A

aria

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11
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One of the cornerstones of baroque music is the ________, a polyphonic composition based on one main theme.

A

fugue

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12
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The baroque _________ was a composition in several movements for 1 to 8 instruments.

A

sonata

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13
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The dates of the baroque are _______ to ________.

A
  1. 1600

2. 1750

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14
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_______ and _______ are the two giants of baroque musical composition.

A
  1. Handel

2. Bach

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15
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In the baroque, the Lutheran church service was the spiritual as well as social event of the week, lasting ____ hours.

A

4

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16
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The abbreviation op. stands for _______, and Italian word meaning work.

A

opus

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17
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A trio sonata involves _____ performers.

A

4

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18
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________ was the most eminent organist of the baroque period.

A

J.S. Bach

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19
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A _____ was a German hymn tune for congregational singing.

A

chorale

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20
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Vivaldi was known as the _______.

A

“red priest”

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21
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Vivaldi composed approximately _____ concerti.

A

450

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22
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Vivaldi was a virtuoso _______ player.

A

violin

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23
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_______ is George Frideric Handel’s most famous work.

A

Messiah

24
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The technique __________ involves presenting the subject of a fugue using lengthened time values.

A

augmentation

25
Q

The size of the baroque orchestra was smaller than the modern orchestra, with only ____ to ____ players.

A
  1. 10

2. 40

26
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Which of the following is not synonymous with the term baroque? A. Flamboyant B. Naturalistic C. Bizarre

A

B. Naturalistic

27
Q

Early baroque music featured ________ texture.

A

homophonic

28
Q

________ is a musical procedure in which a fugue subject is imitated before it is completed.

A

stretto

29
Q

Like no other composer before him, Monteverdi used _____ with unprecedented freedom in his compositions.

A

dissonances

30
Q

Composers of the middle baroque favored composing for instruments of the _______ family.

A

violin

31
Q

How many moods does a baroque composition usually express?

A

One.

32
Q

The plots of early baroque operas were based on _____ and _____.

A
  1. Greek mythology

2. ancient history

33
Q

True or false. Like their predecessors in the renaissance, baroque composers continued to use text painting.

A

true

34
Q

The large group of players in a concerto grosso are called the ______.

A

tutti

35
Q

Opera was started around the year _______ by a group of Italian musicians and artists called the Camerata.

A

1575

36
Q

Musical style in which drama is sung with orchestral accompaniment is __________.

A

opera

37
Q

The earliest known opera is _______ by Jacopo Peri.

A

Euridice

38
Q

Which of the following is not true?
A. Castrati received the highest fees of any musician.
B. Castrati combined the lung power of a man with the range of a woman.
C. Castrati were social outcasts.

A

C. Castrati were social outcasts.

39
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_______ spent the major portion of his life at the cathedral of St. Mark’s, the most important church post in Italy at the time.

A

Monteverdi

40
Q

_______ was a feared general, flutist, and composer.

A

Frederick the Great

41
Q

Baroque music features sudden alterations between soft and loud dynamics called _______.

A

terraced dynamics

42
Q

In the baroque the orchestra evolved into a performing group based on the instruments of the ______ family.

A

violin

43
Q

The text of the opera is called the ______ and is written by a ________.

A
  1. libretto

2. librettist

44
Q

The technique of presenting the subject of a fugue using shorter time values is called _________.

A

diminution

45
Q

The main theme of a fugue is called the _______.

A

subject

46
Q

A popular compositional technique in the baroque was ________, which is successive repetition of a musical idea at higher or lower pitch levels.

A

melodic sequence

47
Q

______ refers to a vocal line that imitates the voice fluctuations of speech.

A

recitative

48
Q

One of Bach’s greatest compositional achievements was the ______________, 2 sets of 24 preludes and fugues, one in every key.

A

The Well-Tempered Clavier

49
Q

A ______ is a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it.

A

pedal point

50
Q

________ wanted to create music of ________ by extending the range of affections, aka emotional states, conveyed through his music.

A
  1. Monteverdi

2. emotional intensity

51
Q

Henry Purcell’s Dido’s Lament features a(n) ______, or repeated pattern in the bass.

A

ground bass

52
Q

Instrumental music became as important as vocal music during the ______ baroque period. (early, middle, or late)

A

late

53
Q

The recurring theme in a concerto grosso movement is called the ______.

A

ritornello

54
Q

When a subject is played “upside down” or with reversed intervals it is called ______.

A

inversion

55
Q

A popular instrumental genre was the _____, which featured a series of dance-inspired movements.

A

suite

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