General Music Baroque Era Quiz

The Baroque Era was a period in revolutionary time that saw a full embrace of polyphony, ornamentation and _____________ sophistication.

• Harmonic

• Melodic

• Symphonic

• Rhythmic

The early Baroque era of music was centered in the country of ________.

• England

• Germany

• Italy

• France

The English composer Henry Purcell and French composers like Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Phillippe Rameau made marks but is was the __________school of Baroque music that was most influential.

• Spanish

• Dutch

• Italian

• German

The Baroque Era placed emphasis on __________ which is the degree of loudness or softness within the music.

• tempo

• dynamics

• pitch

• timbre

Prior to the Baroque era, a great amount of music was vocal. While Baroque composers still embraced singing in the form of chorales, cantatas, and opera, _____________ music became increasingly popular.

• Instrumental

• symphonic

• Rock

• Classical

This form of music notation includes a complete bass line called _____________ is usually played by a cello in a Baroque ensemble. A player of a keyboard instrument like a harpsichord or piano then improvises chords using figured bass notation.

• Cantata

• Basso Continuo

• Fugue

• Opera

Composer Antonio Vivaldi was famed for his mastery of violin, but his most famous work is a series of violin concertos called _____________.

• Four Trios

• Arsilda, regina di Ponto

• Spring

• Four Seasons

Both Handel and Bach were born in Germany in the year_____.

• 1700

• 1875

• 1685

• 1587

In 1708, Bach worked for the ______ of Weimar as a member of the orchestra and as court organist.

• Duke

• King

• Queen

• Prince

Though Bach did write secular music, he wrote sacred music such as this slow and very expressive work called _______________

• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

• Minuet in G

• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire

• None of the Above