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Unit 3. The age of ornamentation and drama

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who composed the Messiah?

a)

J. S. Bach

b)

G. F. Haendel

c)

L. van Beethoven

d)

W. A. Mozart

2.

What is an oratorio?

a)

A composition for violin, cello and viola

b)

A composition related exclusively to the passion and death of Christ

c)

A composition similar to the opera, but with a religious plot, narrator and large choir

d)

A polyphonic musical form

3.

Where did the opera appear?

a)

In Milan

b)

In Rome

c)

In Munich

d)

In Florence

4.

What is the Camerata Fiorentina?

a)

A group of men who lived in Florence

b)

A group of men who worked under the protection of Giovanni de Bardi

c)

A group of men who tried to revived the Classical Greek tragedy

d)

All answers are correct

5.

What is the title of the first preserved opera?

a)

Tosca

b)

Euridice

c)

La Bohème

d)

Orfeo

6.

What are the two characteristics of a fugue?

a)

There is just one movement

b)

There are many different movements

c)

All voices have the same importance

d)

The highest voice has more importance than the lowest one

7.

A concerto grosso is written for...

a)

A string quartet

b)

A large orchestra

c)

A soloist and orchestra

d)

A small number of soloists and orchestra

8.

What is a suite?

a)

A musical work based on popular songs

b)

A musical work composed of different movements based on operas

c)

A musical work composed of different movements based on dances

d)

A vocal composition composed of different movements based on dances

9.

Who composed the famous Canon in D?

a)

W. A. Mozart

b)

J. S. Bach

c)

J. Haydn

d)

J. Pachelbel

10.

Who composed The Four Seasons?

a)

L. van Beethoven

b)

A. Vivaldo

c)

A. Vivaldi

d)

G. F. Haendel

11.

What are the three characteristics of Baroque music you have learnt?

a)

The use of contrasts, basso continuo and improvisation

b)

The use of contrasts, basso continuo and balance

c)

The use of idealization, balance and beauty

d)

The use of contrasts, bajo Alberti and improvisation

12.

What is a luthier?

a)

A person who sells musical instruments

b)

A person who make musical instruments

c)

A person who destroys musical instruments

d)

A person who plays musical instruments

13.

What the three section in an orchestra?

a)

Woodwind, brass and percussion

b)

String, wind and wond

c)

Wind, percussion, and woodwind

d)

String, wind and percussion

14.

Find the false sentence about Baroque period:

a)

The orchestra was created

b)

Composers did not use ornaments in their compositions

c)

The first virtuosos and great composers appeared

d)

Art was full of emotion and drama

15.

Musically, when did the Baroque period end

a)

When America was discovered

b)

When J. S. Bach died

c)

When the printing press was created

d)

When the opera was created