Baroque Era Music History

What is a virtuoso?

• A string instrument played with a bow

• A person who is extremely good at playing an instrument or singing

• A type of song found in an opera

• A group of instrumentalists who play cantatas

A basso continuo might contain which two instrument?

• a harp and a piano

• an organ and a trumpet

• a harpsichord and a cello

• a trombone and a harpsichord

The word "Baroque" means...

• bizarre

• perfect

• harmonic

• broken

What are the TWO types of recitative in an opera?

• secco

• cantata

• accompagnado

• oratorio

• chorus

An oratorio is...

• a secular comedic play about love

• a sacred larger concert piece with a Biblical plot

• a secular non-staged instrumental piece

• a sacred piece for church services for choir and continuo

A Concerto Grosso features...

• a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment

• a full orchestra with solo instrumental accompaniment

• a small group of instrumentalists with orchestral accompaniment

• a choir with orchestral accompaniment

Baroque arts typically borrowed from which culture the most?

• Ancient Japanese

• Ancient Greek

• Ancient Spanish

• Ancient French

The Italian composer who founded the Oespedale della Pieta was...

• Claudio Monteverdi

• Antonio Vivaldi

• Henry Purcell

• Alessandro Scarlatti

What was the Oespedale della Pieta?

• An orphanage for abandoned girls, who were trained as musicians

• A hospital for single mothers, where they could get jobs as musicians

• A church that wealthy aristocrats gave their children to, where they performed music

• A monastery for orphaned boys, where they learned to write music manuscripts

TRUE or FALSE: Baroque opera has spoken dialogue with arias in between.

• True

• False