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History of Western Music: Baroque Period

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call the figures underneath the bass line that indicate chords other than root position during the baroque period

a)

Basso Continuo

b)

Basso Repetito

c)

Basso Cantata

d)

Basso Recitative

2.

Which of the following is true about the picture?

a)

He was known as "The Sun King"

b)

He was the French monarch

c)

He was King Louis XIV

d)

He sponsored musical innovation

3.

In the Baroque period, which of the following that was NOT part of the French Court music?

a)

Music of the Royal Chapel

b)

Music of the Chamber

c)

Music of the Great Stable

d)

Music of Grand Fountain

4.

Which of the following are Baroque composers?

a)

Jean-Baptiste Lully

b)

Henry Purcell

c)

Antonio Vivaldi

d)

Palestrina

5.

True or False: Jean Philippe Remeau wrote the Treatise on Harmony, 1722

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Who wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier?

a)

JS Bach

b)

Handel

c)

Rameau

d)

Vivaldi

7.

Who created the English Oratorio?

a)

Handel

b)

JS Bach

c)

Vivaldi

d)

Purcell

8.

Which of the following are types of monody

a)

aria

b)

recitative

c)

cantata

d)

oratorio

9.

What which of the following best describes the ritornello form?

a)

The ritornello are played by orchestra

b)

The solo sections usually have virtuosic display

c)

The ritornellos alternate with episodes for the solo player

d)

Ritornellos are part of a Cornetto

10.

Which country is JS Bach from?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

England

11.

Which of the following was considered to be the FIRST GREAT composer of Opera

a)

Vivaldi

b)

Peri

c)

Monteverdi

d)

Carissimi

12.

What is the instrument in the picture?

a)

Cello

b)

Harpsichord

c)

Recorder

d)

Theorbo

13.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Theorbo

b)

Harpsichord

c)

Viola da gamba

d)

Bassoon

14.

The word 'Baroque' is derived from the Portuguese word for a misshapen what?

a)

Pearl

b)

Peach

c)

Plant

d)

Peanut

15.

Who were the composers that were buried at Westminster Abbey in London?

a)

Handel

b)

Lully

c)

Purcell

d)

Vivaldi