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The word "baroque" has at various times meant all of the following except |
naturalistic |
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Modern historians use the term "baroque" to indicate |
a particular style in the arts |
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All of the following were baroque painters except |
Isaac Newton |
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Baroque painters exploited their materials to expand the potential of ____ to create totally structured worlds. |
All answers are correct: color, ornament and detail, depth |
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Baroque style flourished in music during the period |
1600-1750 |
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The baroque, as a stylistic period in western art music, encompassed the years |
1600-1750 |
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The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
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All of the following were major baroque composers except |
Wolfgang A. Mozart |
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Which of the following statements is not true? |
B. The late baroque period was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history. |
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One of the most revolutionary periods in music history was the |
early baroque |
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The early baroque was characterized by |
homophonic texture |
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The early baroque period spanned the years |
1600-1640 |
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Monteverdi, an early baroque composer, strove to create music that was |
passionate and dramatic |
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The early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the early baroque |
favored homophonic texture |
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The middle baroque was characterized by |
a diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe |
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The middle baroque period spanned the years |
1640-1690 |
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Composers in the middle baroque phase favored writing compositions for instruments of the ________ family. |
violin |
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By about _______, major or minor scales were the tonal basis of most compositions. |
1680 |
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Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time in the ________ period. |
late baroque |
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The late baroque period spanned the years |
1690-1750 |
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Affections in baroque usage refers to |
emotional states or moods of music |
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A baroque musical composition usually expresses _________ within the same movement. |
one basic mood |
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The baroque principle of _______ may be temporarily suspended in vocal music when drastic changes of emotion in a text inspires corresponding changes in the music. |
unity of mood |
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The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by |
repeated rhythmic patterns |
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Baroque melodies often are |
elaborate and ornamental |
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Baroque melodies give the impression of |
dynamic expansion |
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Melodic sequence refers to |
the successive repetition of a musical idea at higher or lower pitches |
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A characteristic often found in baroque melodies is |
a short opening phrase followed by a longer phrase with an unbroken flow of rapid notes |
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Terraced dynamics refers to |
the sudden alteration from one dynamic level to another |
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In the baroque era, dynamics consisted mainly of sudden alterations between loud and soft called |
terraced dynamics |
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The main keyboard instruments of the baroque period were the organ and the |
harpsichord |
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A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by means of brass blades striking the strings was the |
clavichord |
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The most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of |
basso continuo |
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A bass part together with numbers (figures) that specify the chords to be played above it is called |
basso continuo |
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The orchestra evolved during the baroque period into a performing group based on instruments of the ________ family. |
violin |
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The word "movement" in music normally refers to |
a piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition |
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A large court during the baroque period might employ about ________ performers. |
80 |
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The music director of a baroque court was usually not responsible for |
publicity in reaching an audience |
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Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a |
All answers are correct: flutist, general, composer |
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The position of the composer during the baroque period was that of |
a high-class servant with few personal rights |
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In the baroque period, the ordinary citizen’s opportunities for hearing music usually came from the |
church |
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In Italy, music schools were often connected with |
orphanages |
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To get a job, a musician had to |
pass a difficult examination |
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A concerto grosso most often has ______ movement(s). |
three |
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The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the |
tutti |
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The concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo markings are |
fast, slow, fast |
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The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in _____ form. |
ritornello |
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The solo instruments in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the _______, violin and harpsichord. |
flute |
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Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is unusual in that |
it gives a solo role to the harpsichord |
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A musical ornament consisting of the rapid alteration of two tones that are a whole of half step apart is a |
trill |
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A polyphonic composition based on one main theme is the |
fugue |
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The main theme of a fugue is called the |
subject |
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When the subject of a fugue is presented in the dominant scale, it is called the |
answer |
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In many figures, the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice by a different melodic idea called a(n) |
countersubject |
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Transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject are called |
episodes |
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________ is a musical procedure in which a fugue subject is imitated before it is completed. |
stretto |
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A _______ is a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it. |
pedal point |
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Turning the subject of a fugue upside down, or reversing the direction of each interval, is called |
inversion |
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Presenting the subject of a fugue from right to left, or beginning with the last and proceeding backward to the first note, is called |
retrograde |
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Presenting the subject of a fugue in lengthened time values is called |
augmentation |
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Presenting the subject of a fugue in shortened time values is called |
diminution |
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Very often an independent fugue is introduced by a short piece called a(n) |
prelude |
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An _________ is a play, set to music, sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes and action. |
opera |
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The text, or book, of a musical dramatic work is called the |
libretto |
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A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called a/an |
aria |
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________ refers to a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech. |
recitative |
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A _________ is a singer with a low range who usually takes comic roles. |
basso buffo |
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A _________ is a singer with a very low range and powerful voice, who usually takes roles calling for great dignity. |
basso profundo |
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A(n) _________ is a musical number for two solo voices with orchestral accompaniment. |
duet |
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A(n) ___________ is an operatic number involving three or more leading singers. |
ensemble |
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The ____________ is the person who beats time, indicates expression, cues in musicians, and controls the balance among instruments and voices. |
conductor |
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An ____________ is an orchestral composition performed before the curtain rises on a dramatic work. |
overture |
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Members of the Camerata wanted to create a new vocal style based on the |
music of the ancient Greek tragedies |
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The members of the Camerata wanted the vocal line of their music to follow |
the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech |
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Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and |
ancient history |
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The first opera house in Europe to offer entry to anyone with the price of admission opened in 1637 in |
Venice |
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The medieval church modes gradually gave way to the _____ and ______ scales in the middle baroque |
major and minor |
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The two musical giants of the baroque were _____ and _____ |
Johann Sebastian Back, and George Frideric Handel |
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A bass part together with numbers specifying chords to be played above it, characteristic of the baroque is called… |
basso continuo |
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The alteration between soft and loud dynamics in baroque music is known as… |
terraced dynamics |
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A section that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition is called a… |
movement |
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One of the most revolutionary periods in music history was the… |
early baroque |
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The early baroque was characterized by… |
homophonic texture |
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The middle baroque was characterized by… |
homophonic texture |
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A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced… |
clavichord |
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Affections in baroque usage refers to… |
emotions states or moods of music |
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In the baroque period, the ordinary citizen’s opportunities for hearing music usually came from the |
church |
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Fredrick the Great, king of Prussia, was a… |
flutist, composer, general |
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In Italy, music schools were often connected with |
orphanages |
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The music director of a court in the baroque period |
supervised and directed the musical performances, composed much of the music required, and was responsible for the discipline of the other musicians |
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A large court during the baroque period might employ about ____ performers |
80 |
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A concerto grosso usually has ____ movements |
three |
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The tempo markings of the movements of a concerto grosso are usually ____, ____, and ____ |
fast, slow, fast |
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The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the… |
tutti |
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The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in ____ form |
ritornello |
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The solo instruments in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the ____, ____, and _____ |
flute, violin, harpsichord |
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Answer |
subject of a fugue presented in the dominant |
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Augmentation |
presentation of a subject in lengthened time values |
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Countersubject |
melodic idea that constantly accompanies the subject of a fugue |
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Diminution |
presentation of a subject in shortened time values |
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Episodes |
transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject |
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Inversion |
turning of the subject of a fugue upside down, or reversing the direction of each interval |
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Pedal Point |
single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it |
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Retrograde |
presentation of a subject from right to left, or beginning with the last note and proceeding backwards to the first |
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Stretto |
imitation of a subject before it is completed |
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Subject |
main theme of a fugue |
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The longest period of Bach’s professional life was spent as a director of music at St. Thomas church in… |
Leipzig |
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Bach’s church music uses operatic forms such as the ____ and ____ |
aria, recitative |
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A collection of compositions that displays all the resources of fugue writing is Bach’s… |
Art of the Fugue |
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Bach’s works are unique in their combination of rich ___ and ___ texture |
harmony, polyphonic |
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A collection of twice 24 preludes and fugues, basic to the repertory of keyboard players today is Bach’s… |
The Well – Tempered Clavier |
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Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using |
an insistent rhythmic drive |
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Of Bach’s 20 children, ___ went on to become well-known composers |
4 |
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Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except the… |
opera |
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Bach’s personal music style was drawn from |
italian concertos, french dance pieces, german church music |
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Bach was recognized as the most eminent ____ of his day |
organist |
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Baroque suites frequently begin with a |
French overture |
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Although all the movements of a baroque suite are written in the same key, they differ in |
meter, national origin, tempo |
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What is not part of the baroque suite? |
waltz |
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The various dances of the baroque suite are usually |
in AABB form |
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The french overture has |
two sections: slow-fast |
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The ___ is an instrumental composition based on a chorale |
chorale prelude |
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In Bach’s day, the Lutheran church service lasted about ___ hours |
four |
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The ___ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune |
chorale |
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In their use of aria, duet, and recitative, Bach’s cantatas closely resembled the ___ of the time |
operas |
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A sung piece or choral work with or without vocal soloists, usually orchestral accompaniment, is the… |
cantata |
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George Fredrick Handel was born in 1685, the same year as… |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Although Handel wrote a great deal of instrumental music, the core of his huge output consists of English oratorios and Italian |
operas |
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Handel’s oratorios are usually based on… |
the Old Testament |
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In addition to being a composer and opera impresario, Handel was a virtuoso… |
organist |
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Handel’s Messiah is an example of.. |
an oratorio |
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Handel spent the major portion of his life in |
England |
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The focus of a Handel oratorio is usually the |
chorus |
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