The concerto through time: Baroque

Question 1

How large was the orchestra in the baroque period?

Answer 1

Small

Question 2

What is the basso continuo?

Answer 2

The bass part in the Baroque concerto

Question 3

What instruments typically play the basso continuo?

Answer 3

The cello and the Harpsichord

Question 4

True or false? Ornamentation was often used in the Baroque concerto.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What are terraced dynamics

Answer 5

Sudden changes in dynamics

Question 6

True or false? The Baroque concerto only used one type of texture.

Answer 6

False, there were many different textures, such as:
Contrapuntal, homophonic, and melody and accompaniment

Question 7

True or false? The baroque concerto typically would never modulate.

Answer 7

False, modulations were often made to related keys

Question 8

What is the concertino?

Answer 8

A section of the orchestra

Question 9

What instruments (and how many of them) typically made up the concertino?

Answer 9

Two violins and a cello

Question 10

True or false? The concertino section were the soloists.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What is the ripieno?

Answer 11

The string section, alongisde the continuo section

Question 12

Name a famous composer from the Baroque period

Answer 12

Any one from:

George Frideric Handel
Henry Purcell
Arcangelo Corelli
Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi