WorksheetsBaroque Test
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
What are the dates of the Ancient Period?
1450-1600
Prehistory-420
Prehistory-450
What are the dates of the Medieval Period?
1450-1600
450-1450
420-1420
What are the dates of the Renaissance Period?
1450-1650
1450-1600
1500-1550
What are the dates of the Baroque Period?
1550-1650
1600-1750
1750-1820
What are the dates of the Classical Period?
1800-1920
1820-1900
1750-1820
What are the dates of the Romantic Period?
1820-1900
1750-1820
1900-Now
What are the dates of the Modern Period?
1920-Now
1820-Now
1900-Now
The word Baroque means ___.
emotional and inspirational
distorted and irregular
ornamented and lovely
The first public opera house opened in ___ in 1637.
Vienna, Austria
Florence, Italy
Venice, Italy
The first book printed in America was the ___, in 1640
Bay Psalm Book
King James Bible
Don Quixote
___ attempted to prove that the earth revolved around the sun.
Newton
Galileo
Harvey
Newton's studies of the ___ led to advanced studies of time.
metronome
chronometer
pendulum
The greatest sculptor of the Baroque period was ___.
Bernini
Rembrandt
Reubens
___ went to prison for one month in defiance of his patron's refusal to release him from service.
Handel
Bach
Vivaldi
For 30 years, Monteverdi was choirmaster at ___ in Venice.
Notre Dame
St. Matthew's
St. Mark's
The conservative style of the late Renaissance was called the ___.
stile antico
stile antiqua
stile moderno
Short music dramas called ___ were often performed between the acts of a play.
recitative
intermedii
librettos
The expressive style introduced by Monteverdi was called the ___.
stile nova
stile antico
stile moderno
The speech-like singing of text in an opera is called ___.
libretto
recitative
intermedii
The story of an opera is called the ___.
libretto
recitative
intermedii
The style that emphasized how one sang rather than what one sang was called ___.
libretto
prima donna
bel canto
A virtuoso female opera singer was called a ___.
prima donna
bel canto
castrati
English comic opera that ridiculed serious Italian opera is called ___.
bel canto
ballad opera
opera buffa
A religious type of work made famous by Handel was the ___.
oratorio
passion
cantata
A religious type of work made famous by Bach was the ___.
oratoria
passion
cantata
___ is generally considered to be the end of the Baroque period.
1750
The death of Bach
both
The most famous oratorio of all time is ___.
Bach's St. Matthew's Passion
Handel's Messiah
Moteverdi's Orfeo
Although a protestant, ___ wrote the B minor Mass.
Bach
Handel
Monteverdi
___ was so moved by the Hallelujah Chorus that he rose from his seat, creating a tradition.
King George II
King Henry VIII
King Lear
Sudden changes in volume is called
contrasting dynamics
varying dynamics
terraced dynamics
This instrument has not really been improved since being brought into the church in the 17th century.
organ
piano
harpsichord
This is a piece of music for the pipe organ that often has multiple lines of melody happening at the same time.
prelude
fugue
sonata
This is an introductory piece of music for the keyboard.
chorale prelude
psalm tune
toccata
The bassline that sounds continuously throughout Baroque music is called the ___.
continuo
thoroughbass
figured bass
A group of instruments that accompany is called a ___.
continuo
thoroughbass
figured bass
Musical shorthand in the Baroque is called ___.
continuo
thoroughbass
figured bass
The world's finest violins were made by the ___ family in 1666.
Guarneri
Stradivarius
Bach
A ___ was written for a soloist and a continuo.
sonata
thoroughbass
fugue
In England, ___tried to overthrow the government due to his hatred of Italian opera.
King George II
Oliver Cromwell
King Henry VII
___ invented the concerto grosso.
Vivaldi
Corelli
Monteverdi
The ___ is a piece of music for orchestra plus a group of soloists.
concertino
concerto grosso
ripieno
The ___ is the group of soloists in a concerto grosso. The ___ is the orchestra.
concertino, ripieno
ripieno, continuo
ripieno, concertino
The most popular concerto of all time is ___.
Bach's St. Matthew's Passion
Handel's Messiah
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
