9 Barnabas - Music of the Baroque Period

Which of the following musical styles provides a framework for playing the bass line of the piece?

• Figured bass

• Cantus firmus

• Ambient music

• Drone

What Baroque musical style is capable of producing a particular involuntary emotional response to the audience?

• Catholic Doctrine

• Doctrine of Response

• Doctrine of Emotion

• Doctrine of Affection

What musical composition is done to modulate from one key to another related key?

• Figured bass

• Word painting

• Minor/Major key system

• Neume notation

Which of the following Baroque musical forms has complex and complicated variations on a single melody that build organically from the single melody into rich varied musical textures?

• Oratorio

• Fugue

• Camerata

• Opera

Which of the following Baroque musical forms is a large-scale music drama that combines poetry, acting, scenery, and costumes with singing and instrumental music.

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• Oratorio

• Fugue

• Camerata

• Opera

Which of the following Baroque musical forms is an important orchestral form where a small group of soloist called “ripieno” is pitted against a larger group of players called "tutti"?

• Oratorio

• Fugue

• Camerata

• Concerto Grosso

Which of the following Baroque musical forms is a large scale musical work for solo voice, chorus and orchestra using sacred or serious libretto?

• Oratorio

• Fugue

• Camerata

• Concerto Grosso

What is the term used for the group of stringed instruments in a Concerto Grosso?

• Tutti

• Libreto

• Ripieno

• Fuga

Who was considered an “old-fashioned” composer?

• Bach

• Handel

• Vivaldi

• Haydn

Who was the great Baroque composer who was unmarried and kept a personal life very private?

• Bach

• Handel

• Vivaldi

• Haydn