Music Appreciation - Unit 3: Chapter 1 Baroque

What significant historical events happened during the Baroque period?

• Jamestown was founded

• Galileo confirms that earth revolves around sun

• Salem Witchcraft trials in Massachusettes

• All of the above

The time period of the Baroque period was from

• 1600-1750

• 450-1450

• 1450-1600

• 1750-1820

What is opera?

• A way of singing that stresses very high pitches

• A way of singing that stresses very loud sounds

• A drama sung to orchestral accompaniment

• A cappella singing

What musical texture did EARLY Baroque composers favor?

• Monophonic

• Homophonic

• Polyphonic

• Heterophonic

What musical texture did LATE Baroque composers favor?

• Monophonic

• Homophonic

• Polyphonic

• Heterophonic

What happened to the church modes in the Baroque period?

• A. They gained even more importance

• B. They gave way to the major and minor scales of today

• C. They gradually disappeared

• D. Both b and c

During the LATE Baroque phase, instrumental music

• was less important than vocal music

• was more important than vocal music

• became just as important as vocal music

• no longer existed

Because of the use of texts conveying extreme emotion and dramatic contrast, _______________ was created during this time

• opera

• chant

• madrigals

• chorales

A Baroque piece of music usually expresses _________mood(s) or affection(s).

• four

• three

• two

• one

The beat is emphasized more in Baroque music than it is in Renaissance music

• True

• False