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Baroque Music Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Italian for "Plucked"

a)

Pettinato

b)

Arco

c)

Andante

d)

Pizzicato

e)

Allegro

2.

Seasonal piece by an Italian composer....

a)

6 Seasons by Beethoven

b)

To the Spring by Edward Grieg

c)

The Planets by Gustav Holst

d)

4 Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

3.

A large work for voice and orchestra, based on a biblical or religious event

a)

Motet

b)

Madrigal

c)

Oratorio

d)

Opera

4.

Choose a composer famous for Oratorios

a)

George Frederick Handel

b)

John Philip Handle

c)

Joseph Haydn

d)

Johannes Sebastian Bach

5.

Name another work by the composer you chose in the previous question, which is not an Oratorio

a)

Toccata in Fugue in D minor

b)

Sheep may safely graze

c)

Music for the Royal Fireworks

d)

The Fairy queen

6.

A piece written to show off the performer's technique, usually followed by a fugue

a)

Tarantella

b)

Toccata

c)

Sonata

d)

Suite

7.

Name an Italian composer of the era, known as the father of opera

a)

Henry Purcell

b)

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani

c)

Claudio Monteverdi

d)

Arcangelo Corelli

8.

Name a keyboard instrument in which strings were plucked

a)

Clavichord

b)

Harpsichord

c)

Pianoforte

d)

Organ

9.

Name another baroque composer coming from a famous musical family born in the same year as Handel

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

Ludwig Van Beethoven

c)

Johann Pachelbel

d)

Johann Sebastian Bach

10.

Choose two famous works by the correct composer you chose in the previous question

a)

Air in G

b)

Canon in D

c)

Messiah

d)

Brandenburg Concerto

11.

Modes became less popular - Which system was adopted instead?

a)

Atonality

b)

Dissonance

c)

Major and Minor scales

d)

Jazz chords

12.

Choose two dances found in the Baroque dance suite

a)

Sarabande

b)

Waltz

c)

Gavotte

d)

Samba

13.

What form do we call a composition written in the pattern A-A-B-B?

a)

Ternary form

b)

Binary form

c)

Ritornello form

d)

Sonata form

14.

When the melody is supported by another melody rather than by chords, so that when they are played together they form a whole, we say that_______________ is used.

a)

Harmony

b)

Monophony

c)

Centrepoint

d)

Counterpoint

15.

Name an English Baroque composer

a)

Thomas Tallis

b)

Henry Purcell

c)

John Bennett

d)

Thomas Arne

16.

Name one work the composer in the previous question wrote

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Dido and Aeneas

c)

Swan Lake

d)

Otello

17.

Domenico Scarlatti is famous for which works?

a)

Keyboard works

b)

Orchestral works

c)

Operas

d)

Songs

18.

Choose a keyboard instrument of this period where strings were hit and not plucked

a)

Harpsichord

b)

Clavichord

c)

Pianoforte

d)

Organ

19.

What does a composer write in a concerto when he wants all performers to play as opposed to when only the soloist plays?

a)

Duetto

b)

Tutti

c)

Aria

d)

Solo

20.

What is a type of polyphonic composition which usually follows a toccata or a prelude?

a)

Minuetto

b)

Fugue

c)

Ballet

d)

Sonata