Year 11 Baroque Music Quiz

1. Who is known for creating "The Four Seasons" composition?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Antonio Vivaldi

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Johann Sebastian Bach

What musical form is characterised by a soloist alternating with the full orchestra in a concerto grosso?

• Basso continuo

• Ritornello form

• Counterpoint

• Imitation

Which Baroque composer is famous for his many fugues, including in "The Well-Tempered Clavier"?

• George Frideric Handel

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Henry Purcell

• Claudio Monteverdi

What compositional device involves the repetition of a single note in the bass while harmonies change above it?

• Pedal point

• Tierce de Picardie

• Figured bass

• Ornamentation

Which instrument was commonly used in Baroque music to play the basso continuo part and provide harmony?

• Violin

• Harpsichord

• Cello

• Flute

What inversion is implied by the figures 6/4?

• Root position

• First inversion

• Second Inversion

• Third Inversion

Baroque music is known for its intricate and complex style of writing known as:

• Homophony

• Counterpoint

• Monophony

• Heterophony

Which Baroque composition by Handel is an oratorio that includes the famous "Hallelujah" chorus?

• Water Music

• Music for the Royal Fireworks

• Messiah

• Zadok the Priest

What term describes the practice of ending a piece of music with a tonic major chord, even if it was in a minor key throughout?

• Imitation

• Pedal point

• Cadence

• Tierce de Picardie

In a fugue, if the subject is in the tonic, then the answer will be in the ..................

• Tonic

• Dominant

• Subdominant

• Relative minor