G9 GB MUSIC & ARTS

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Baroque music the genre gets its name from the Portuguese word for '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,' which is a particularly apt way of describing this style of music.

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Baroque music has heavily instrumental at both the highest and lowest notes, Baroque music regained popularity in the late _ _ _ _s and has been played ever since.

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History of Baroque Music

The Baroque period was not merely about religion. Indeed, it was this period of musical history that saw the birth of one of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ genres in the Western canon, the opera, which combined music with Other types of composition such as the concerto, sonata and cantata.

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Chorale is a metrical hymn tune associated in common English usage with the Lutheran church in _ _ _ _ _ _ _. From early in the Reformation, chorales were to be sung by the congregation during the Protestant liturgy.

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Oratorio is a large-scale musical composition on a sacred or semi-sacred subject for solo voices, _ _ _ _ _ _, and orchestra. An oratorio's text is usually based on scripture, and the narration necessary to move from scene to scene is supplied.

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Fugues were most popular during the Baroque Period. They were based on an earlier idea from the Renaissance Period called imitative _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, where multiple singers would sing the same melody at different times.

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What is the smallest string instrument in concerto grosso

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What is the biggest string instrument in concerto grosso

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Concerto Grosso literally means 'big group', and the term not only implies a _ _ _ _ _ ensemble of musicians (specifically instrumentalists playing string instruments, such as the violin, the cello, and the viola) but also refers specifically to a sub-genre of the concerto genre.

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Characteristics of Baroque Music

The various parts in a given piece of music now meant that the size of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ grew substantially during the Baroque period.

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