Quarter 3 Week 1 - Baroque Musical Forms

The fugue is a polyphonic composition based on one main theme called the _______.

The only constant features in a fugue is how they begin - the subject is almost always presented in a single, unaccompanied ________.

• melody

• voice

• harmony

• instrument

When the second voice in a fugue presents the subject, it is in the dominant scale, it is then called the _______

• answer

• subject

• tonic scale

It is drama sung in orchestral accompaniment.

Opera demands singers who can sing and act simultaneously.

• TRUE

• FALSE

It is the text of the opera.

• acapella

• librettist

• aria

• libretto

Operas may contain spoken dialogue, but most are entirely acted out.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Operas may contain spoken dialogue, but most are entirely sung.

The dramatist of an opera is called the ___________

The personnel of a large orchestra may reach a startling total of ___ people.

• 500

• 600

• 700

• 800

In a fugue, once the subject was introduced, it is then ___________ by all remaining voices.

• imitated

• modified

• harmonized

• answered