WorksheetsMUS History and Appreciation Baroque Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 39mins
When was the Baroque period?
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What does Baroque mean?
ornate
highly decorative
extravagant
simple
Who are the two largest contributors to Baroque music
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Where does the theatrical influence come from? What is it trying to recreate?
Theatrical influence came from Greek tragedies
Opera
Emotional exuberance
Trying to recreate the tragic plays of ancient Greek
The Florentine Camerate was a society of poets and musicians that at the end of the 16th century sought to revive Greek tragedy
True
False
What is monody?
Two or more independent lines of music
Refers to ways in which harmony and melody are organized
A single voice accompanied by the lute or other instruments
One line of music with accompaniment
Monody is a vocal soloist supported by instrumental accompaniment. It anticipated opera because of the emergence of monodic/enunciated singing
False
True
What is Recitative?
a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.
Melody which is trying to imitate natural speech inflections
Articulative way of singing dramatic text
large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists.
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
What two countries majorly contributed to opera in the 17th century?
Italian
Germany
China
French
Greece
Why did Italy and France have such different approaches to music?
What is an Aria?
Basically soliloquies but for music
Advancements to polyphony and meter
The rules of music were said to be perfected and codified
Functioned as a reflective monologue at the conclusion of every scene
What did Arias change musically/dramatically about operas?
What is a harpsichord and what instrumentation class did it belong to?
Percussive lower end to sound italian
2 rows of keys (soft/hard music)
Invented during the Renaissance
What is a concerto? (con-CHER-tow)
How did Baroque composers feel about solo composition?
What us virtuoso?
What is the texture of gregorian chant?
heterophonic
polyphonic
homophonic
monophonic
Why was Johann Sebastian Bach significant to the Baroque period?
Why was George Frideric Handel signifcant to the Baroque period?
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