MUS History and Appreciation Baroque Quiz

When was the Baroque period?

What does Baroque mean?

• ornate

• highly decorative

• extravagant

• simple

Who are the two largest contributors to Baroque music

Where does the theatrical influence come from? What is it trying to recreate?

• Theatrical influence came from Greek tragedies

• Opera

• Emotional exuberance

• Trying to recreate the tragic plays of ancient Greek

The Florentine Camerate was a society of poets and musicians that at the end of the 16th century sought to revive Greek tragedy

• True

• False

What is monody?

• Two or more independent lines of music

• Refers to ways in which harmony and melody are organized

• A single voice accompanied by the lute or other instruments

• • One line of music with accompaniment

Monody is a vocal soloist supported by instrumental accompaniment. It anticipated opera because of the emergence of monodic/enunciated singing

• False

• True

What is Recitative?

• a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.

• Melody which is trying to imitate natural speech inflections

• Articulative way of singing dramatic text

• large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists.

Who is Claudio Monteverdi?

Answer explanation

The man who invented opera, perfected the monodic style, improved opera by giving the text a commanding role in shaping the lyrics to unfold on stage

What two countries majorly contributed to opera in the 17th century?

• Italian

• Germany

• China

• French

• Greece