WorksheetsBaroque-Early Classical
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the low strings/keyboard instrument partnership called in Baroque music?
Basso
Basso Continuo
Harpsichord Bass
Which section of instruments were given the most melodic lines in the Baroque Period?
Basso Continuo
Woodwind
Brass
Strings
Who was a key composer of music in Style Galant?
Stamitz
Mozart
Beethoven
C.P.E Bach
What does Sturm und Drang mean in English?
Storm and Uneasiness
Storm and Stress
Storm and Thunder
Storm and Simplicity
What are some typical elements of Sturm und Drang?
Uneasiness
Contrast between full orchestra textures and more sparse sections
Staccato unison ideas
Use of tremolo in the strings
Where did the term Symphony come from?
German orchestral compositions
Stamitz made it up
Instrumental passages in Italian opera
Chamber music
Who founded the Mannheim School?
Johann Stamitz
J.S Bach
Mozart
C.P.E Bach
What is one thing that the Mannheim School composers did?
Got rid of the bassoons
Made the orchestra smaller
Made the conductor stand with their backs to the audience for the first time
Gave independent lines to the woodwind
Name a typical Mannheim musical feature i.e. The Mannheim ........
What are the two main themes called in the Exposition (within Sonata Form?)
1st and 2nd subject
1st and 2nd theme
Theme A and theme B
Which key does the second subject normally modulate to in the Exposition? (Providing the tonic is a major key)
The subdominant
The dominant
Stays in the tonic
The tonic minor
What key is the second subject in when it returns in the recapitulation?
The tonic minor
The tonic
The dominant
The subdominant
