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WorksheetsVivaldi's Four Seasons
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a concerto?
A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra
a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements
a composition for an instrumental soloist, often with a piano accompaniment, typically in several movements with one or more in sonata form.
rt of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition
What are the tempos of "Summer?"
Slow slow fast
Slow fast slow
Fast slow fast
Fast fast slow
True or false: Vivaldi wrote sonnets, or poems, for each part of the Four Seasons.
True
False
What is program music?
Music that is in a program
Music that has a program
Music that is intended to tell a story
Programmable music
What year did Vivaldi die?
1768
1741
1735
1761
What year was Vivaldi born?
1687
1678
1680
1670
What year did Vivaldi write The Four Seasons?
1720
1719
1718
1717
How many concertos did Vivaldi write?
200
300
400
500
Who hired Vivaldi to write music?
Royalty
Peasants
Simpletons
The president of the US
True or false: Vivaldi was very poor when he died
True
False
Who's Vivaldi?
What is ritornello?
A musical structure consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation
a musical form in 2 related sections, both of which are usually repeated
Music with a main theme that returns several times, with episodes that is played in between each theme
a three-part musical form consisting of an opening section (A), a following section (B) and then a repetition
What is basso continuo?
an accompanying part that includes a bassline and harmonies typically played on a keyboard instrument and with other instruments such as cello or lute.
a bass singer with an exceptionally low range
a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch
Italian term for a 'comic bass' (or baritone) voice, the type principally used for comic roles in 18th-century opera
Cadenza?
the ending of a phrase, perceived as a rhythmic or melodic articulation or a harmonic change or all of these
a technically brilliant sometimes improvised solo passage toward the close of a concerto.
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