Music- Chpt 27

piano

Which of the following was NOT an important keyboard instrument during the Baroque?

harpischord

The ________ is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by quills.

organ

The keyboard instrument that uses various sets of pipes to create contrasting colors is:

an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work

What is a toccata?

fugue

The _______ is a keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other.

counterpoint

What is the principal element of a fugue?

answer

After the first statement of the fugue subject, the second entrance of the subject is called the:

exposition

The opening section of a fugue, in which all voices successively introduce the subject, is called the:

episodes

In a fugue, the areas of relaxation where the subject is not heard are called:

diminution

In a fugue, the technique of stating the theme in shorter time values that go faster is called:

The Well-Tempered Clavier

In the field of keyboard music, Johann Sebastian Bach’s most important collection was:

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Which of the following is the title of a test of forty-eight preludes and fugues by Bach?

forty-eight

How many preludes and fugues are contained in the two Well-Tempered Clavier volumes?

The Art of Fugue

Bach’s last demonstration of contrapuntal mastery was:

four

How many voices, or individual lines, are there in Bach’s Contrapunctus I, from The Art of Fugue?

the second voice from the top, or alto

By which voice is the subject first stated in Contrapunctus I, from The Art of Fugue?

False

T/F The most important keyboard instruments of the Baroque were the harpsichord, organ, and piano.

True

T/F The strings of a harpsichord are plucked by quills.

False

T/F The advantage of the harpsichord was its ability to produce crescendos and diminuendos.

True

T/F The organ has multiple keyboards.

True

T/F A fugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a single subject is the focal point that unifies the work.

False

T/F A fugue is a form intended exclusively for solo keyboard performance.

False

T/F At the beginning of a fugue, the countersubject is stated alone.

True

T/F Johann Sebastian Bach’s Art of Fugue is now generally considered to be a keyboard work.