Baroque & Classical Test

What is an ornament?

• Decoration added to the melody

• A type of dynamic

• A thing you put on the mantelpiece

Which ornament does this symbol represent?

• Turn

• Mordent

• Acciaccatura

• Trill

Which of these best describes a concerto grosso?

• One soloist against an larger orchestra

• Small group of soloists against a larger orchestra

• No soloists and just an orchestra

What was the name for the 'continuous bass' part of the Baroque concerto?

• Ostinato

• Drone

• Loop

• Basso Continuo

Modes became less popular - Which system was adopted instead?

• Atonality

• Dissonance

• Major and Minor scales

• Jazz chords

Name a keyboard instrument in which strings were plucked

• Clavichord

• Harpsichord

• Pianoforte

• Organ

Name an Italian composer of the era, known as the father of opera

• Henry Purcell

• Annunzio Paolo Mantovani

• Claudio Monteverdi

• Arcangelo Corelli

Choose a composer famous for Oratorios

• George Frederick Handel

• John Philip Handle

• Joseph Haydn

• Johannes Sebastian Bach

A large work for voice and orchestra, based on a biblical or religious event

• Motet

• Madrigal

• Oratorio

• Opera

Seasonal piece by an Italian composer....

• 6 Seasons by Beethoven

• To the Spring by Edward Grieg

• The Planets by Gustav Holst

• 4 Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi