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WorksheetsBaroque Music History
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
When was the Baroque period?
1600-1750
500-1400
1400-1600
1800-2000
This composer was known as the "Red Priest"
J.S. Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Perotin
Giovanni Palestrina
Who composed "The Four Seasons"?
Guido d' Arezzo
Antonio Vivaldi
Giovanni Palestrina
Perotin
Handel wrote the very famous musical work "The Messiah" using solo voices, choir, and orchestra. The work is based on Biblical text about the life of Christ. This work is known as a(n) ......
Opera
Broadway Musical
Concerto
Oratorio
A group of instruments playing together and usually features a solo voice or instrument playing against the larger orchestra.
Oratorio
Opera
Concerto
Fugue
The term "Baroque" comes from Poruguese meaning...
Underwater sea creature
Bizarre or irregularly shaped pearl
perfectly round pearl
Things easily break
Secular music means religious music sung or played in church.
True
False
Music that has religious text would be considered Sacred
True
False
The time period that directly precedes (comes before) the Baroque is....
Ancient
Medieval
Classical
Renaissance
This Baroque composer was prolific in writing fugues.
Guido d' Arezzo
J.S. Bach
Thomas Tallis
Hildegard von Bingen
"Opera" is defined as.....
imitative counterpoint
a staged drama, with costumes and sets, that is completely sung with an orchestra as accompaniment. Usually secular.
a music work involving an orchestra and singers, usually telling a Bible story. No costumes or sets are used.
an ensemble of instruments and voices playing together with some speaking and singing.
Prolific means....
you are a pro at a lot of things
you are a pro at a few things
creating something out of nothing
to create in large quantities
The Baroque period is known for
a more simple way of life.
underwater discoveries
decoration and drama.
mountaintop discoveries
This type of musical work involves singers and orchestra, usually telling a story based on sacred text or a story from the Bible. No costumes or sets are involved.
Opera
Broadway Musical
Oratorio
Concerto
A "fugue" is ....
a battle between the North and South that created a Civil war in the 1800's. Soldiers sang phrases back and forth to each other.
a composition that has no known theme, just random notes played throughout.
a composition that has musical theme that is stated in each voice parts at different points in the music. To battle back and forth for the musical theme.
A feud between the Hatfield and McCoys that started the game show "Family Feud" hosted by Steve Harvey
Cristofori was a well-known harpsichord maker in the Baroque. He also began making this stringed instrument that hammered the strings instead of plucking like the harpsichord. It was known as ........
pianoforte
piano
forte
mezzo forte
