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MUS History and Appreciation Baroque Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Baroque period?

(a)  

2.

What does Baroque mean?

a)

ornate

b)

highly decorative

c)

extravagant

d)

simple

3.

Who are the two largest contributors to Baroque music

(a)  

4.

Where does the theatrical influence come from? What is it trying to recreate?

a)

Theatrical influence came from Greek tragedies

b)

Opera

c)

Emotional exuberance

d)

Trying to recreate the tragic plays of ancient Greek

5.

The Florentine Camerate was a society of poets and musicians that at the end of the 16th century sought to revive Greek tragedy

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is monody?

a)

Two or more independent lines of music

b)

Refers to ways in which harmony and melody are organized

c)

A single voice accompanied by the lute or other instruments

d)
  • One line of music with accompaniment

7.

Monody is a vocal soloist supported by instrumental accompaniment. It anticipated opera because of the emergence of monodic/enunciated singing

a)

False

b)

True

8.

What is Recitative?

a)

a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.

b)

Melody which is trying to imitate natural speech inflections

c)

Articulative way of singing dramatic text

d)

large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists.

9.

Who is Claudio Monteverdi?

4 lines
10.

What two countries majorly contributed to opera in the 17th century?

a)

Italian

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

French

e)

Greece

11.

Why did Italy and France have such different approaches to music?

4 lines
12.

What is an Aria?

a)

Basically soliloquies but for music

b)

Advancements to polyphony and meter

c)
  • The rules of music were said to be perfected and codified 

d)

Functioned as a reflective monologue at the conclusion of every scene

13.

What did Arias change musically/dramatically about operas?

4 lines
14.

What is a harpsichord and what instrumentation class did it belong to?

a)
Keyboard
b)

Percussive lower end to sound italian

c)

2 rows of keys (soft/hard music)

d)

Invented during the Renaissance

15.

What is a concerto? (con-CHER-tow)

4 lines
16.

How did Baroque composers feel about solo composition?

4 lines
17.

What us virtuoso?

4 lines
18.

What is the texture of gregorian chant?

a)

heterophonic

b)

polyphonic

c)

homophonic

d)

monophonic

19.

Why was Johann Sebastian Bach significant to the Baroque period?

4 lines
20.

Why was George Frideric Handel signifcant to the Baroque period?

4 lines
21.

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(a)  

22.

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(a)  

23.

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(a)  

24.

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(a)