Baroque Music - GCSE

When was the baroque period?

• 1600-1750

• 1900-present

• 1750-1820

• 1820-1900

Which of the following is not a baroque composer ?

• Johann Christian Bach

• George Frideric Handel

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Antonio Vivaldi

Which of the following is not a baroque instrument?

• Oboe

• Harsichord

• Recorder

• Xylophone

What is not the characteristic of the baroque period?

• Literature

• Dance

• Painting

• Elegance

Who were the two main composers of the Baroque Period?

• Franz Schubert and

  Peter Tchaikovsky

• Johann Sebastian Bach

  and

  George Frideric Handel

• John Williams

  and

  Danny Elfman

• Franz Joseph Haydn

  and

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Match the following

• The speed of the beat stayed steady.

• Driving Rhythm

• Extra notes added to the music.

• A regal, majestic quality

• Music that sounds as though someone important was entering the room.

• Decorations and embellishments

• One instrument echoes what another instrument played.

• Imitation

An extremely talented musician

• Virtuoso

• Soloist

• Beatboxer

• Countertenor

Two instruments (one play chords and one playing low notes), accompanying an instrumental or singing soloist.

• Concerto

• Continuo

• Quintet

• Junkanoo

Which was NOT a Baroque composer?

• Handel

• Beethoven

• Vivaldi

• Bach

Vivaldi wrote The ____ Seasons.