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Baroque period music

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does baroque mean in Portuguese

a)

pearl misshapen

b)

diamond in the ruble

c)

Misshapen pearl

d)

pearl

2.

What does basso continuo mean?

a)

continuous treble

b)

continuous bass

c)

continuous clef

d)

djskfnjdsndshj

3.

Which two main ideas surface from ancient greek music

a)

music should be driven by the word

b)

the effect of a text its predominant emotion should be heightened by expressive musical devices.

c)

the math of the music

d)

vfcdsghbjdcenjfrbeuhfhn

4.

The desire to copy what was popular in the baroque period

a)

to copy kitty cat light chicken

b)

nfcdhwbfhreir

c)

to copy ancient roman music

d)

To copy ancient Greek music

5.

Rhythms of music should be modeled on the

a)

ryhthms of speech

b)

At times of flowing

c)

At times of halting

d)

hfyrehferrhfeu

6.

groups of poets musicians and nobleman debated ways to create the style of singing used by the ancient -------- in their drama

a)

germans

b)

greeks

c)

romans

d)

russians

7.

baso continuo provided ----- frame work for the solo voice above it

a)

terrible

b)

crude

c)

harmonic

d)

beautiful

8.

What is one feature on monody

a)

combination of solo voice in basso continuo

b)

drtuyjkvcfxgihjo

c)

chords implied by figure base

d)

twinkle twinkle little star

9.

What is ground bass?

a)

short phrase repeated over and over in the lowest voice

b)

long phrase

c)

medium phrase

d)

ferfbrhefjk

10.

What is Ciaccona

a)

a certain type of ground bass

b)

particular type of ground bass in triple times

c)

bifsbogbfhrb

d)

something

11.

who is Francesca Caccini

a)

daughter of Giulio Caccini

b)

daughter of a monkey

c)

a animal

d)

fhduwrgfurw

12.

Who is Barbara Strozzi

a)

random person

b)

composer of madrigals

c)

composer of animals

d)

fnreuhgeruo

13.

How many years ago did Heinrich Schutz study with Gabbrieli in Venice

a)

310

b)

150

c)

200

d)

100

14.

Did England enjoy its own form of dramatic entertainment?

a)

sort of

b)

no

c)

yes

d)

not at all

15.

WHo did Louis XIV become known as>

a)

prince

b)

sun king

c)

rain king

d)

music king