Westert Art Music: Baroque (Part 2)

Lesson 2

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​Baroque Music

1600-1750

Fugue

Mass

Oratorio

Polyphony

Sonata

Viola da gamba

​This time:

Basso continuo

Cantata

Concerto

Concerto grosso

Dance suite

Figured bass

​Last time:

Baroque Basics

​But first, a recap!

Multiple Choice

The basic four dances of a dance suite in order

• Gigue

  Allemande

  Courante

  Sarabande

• Fast

  Slow

  Fast

• Allemande

  Courante

  Sarabande

  Gigue

• Allegro

  Adagio

  Presto

Fill in the Blank

The notation system used by basso continuo players which shows them the implied harmony of the bass line

Fill in the Blank

Cantata means piece intended to be sung; ______ means piece intended to be played

Multiple Select

Instruments that may play basso continuo (select all correct options)

• harpsichord and viola da gamba

• baroque organ and cello

• harpsichord and viola

• baroque organ and viola da gamba

Polyphonic piece where a theme/subject is heard in all the melody lines and developed throughout the piece

​​Fugue

​a musical setting of the Christian liturgy of the Eucharist

for choir and/or soloists, consisting of the texts that are usually spoken: the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. Accompanied by orchestra or church organ

​​Mass

​a dramatic musical telling of a religious story, with orchestra, soloists and chorus (choir), without drama or costumes. Intended for concert performance rather than worship service

​​Oratorio

A musical texture of two or more simultaneous, independent melody lines

​​Polyphony

Solo, multi-movement work for an instrument, often consisting of 3 movements, with one or more of them being in sonata form. Melodic instrument sonatas are accompanied by a keyboard to provide harmony.

​​Sonata

a fretted, six-string instrument popular in the Renaissance, played upright; 7 sizes of gamba exist, with the bass viola da gamba bearing some resemblance to a violoncello.

​​Viola da gamba

Open Ended

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Open Ended

Define polyphony

Fill in the Blank

The viol family comes in _ sizes

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: A mass consists of the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE: A sonata is a multi-movement piece intended to be played and sonata form is often used as the structure for one or more movements of a sonata.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The elements found in an oratorio

• solos

  choir

  costume

  orchestra

• drama/acting

  chorus

  orchestra

• chorus

  solos

  orchestra

  drama

• solos

  orchestra

  chorus