Music Test #2

___________ refers to a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech.

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time in the ____________ period.

Baroque suites frequently begin with a

A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by means of brass blades striking the strings was the

An element of the oratorio that is especially important and serves to comment on or participate in the drama is the

Characteristic of baroque trio sonatas, the second movement of Corelli's Trio Sonata in A Minor, op. 3, no. 10, is

The sonata in the baroque period was a composition in several movements for

Which of the following statements is not true? A. Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and ancient history. B. The members of the Florentine Camerata based their theories on actual dramatic music that had come down to them from the Greeks. C. The members of the Florentine Camerata wanted to create a new vocal style modeled on the music of ancient Greek tragedy. D. Polyphony was rejected by the members of the Florentine Camerata because different words sounding simultaneously would obscure the text.

Melodic sequence refers to

The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in ____________ form. A. theme and variations

Speechlike melody accompanied only by a basso continuo is called

Handel's Messiah is an example of

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve_______ performers

Bach liked to illustrate religious or pictorial ideas by using

Which of the following statements is not true? A. So many members of the Bach family were musicians that the name Bach became synonymous with town musician. B. Even though Bach was a deeply religious and pious Lutheran, he composed what is probably the most monumental setting of the Roman Catholic Mass. C. Bach was recognized as the most eminent composer of his day. D. Bach spent the last twenty-seven years of his life in one of the most important church posts in Germany, that of director of music at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.

Members of the Camerata wanted to create a new vocal style based on the

Oratorios first appeared in

The_____ is an instrumental composition based on a chorale.

The main theme of a fugue is called the

Bach's personal muscial style was drawn from

Vivaldi wrote approximately ____________ concerti grossi and solo concertos.

Orpheus goes to Hades in the hope of bringing ____________ back to life.

Monteverdi spent the greater part of his career in

The various dances of the baroque suite are usually

A bass part together with numbers (figures) that specify the chords to be played above it is called

Which of the following statements is not true? A. Some of Vivaldi's instrumental concertos were arranged by J. S. Bach. B. For most of his life, Vivaldi was a violin teacher, composer, and conductor at the music school of the Pietà, an institution for orphaned or illegitimate girls in Venice. C. Like Corelli, Vivaldi wrote only instrumental music. D. Vivaldi's solo concertos The Four Seasons are examples of baroque program music, or instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.

When the subject of a fugue is presented in the dominant scale, it is called the

____________ is a musical procedure in which a fugue subject is imitated before it is

Which of the following statements is not true? A. Bach's church music uses operatic forms such as the aria and recitative. B. The bulk of Bach's output is instrumental music. C. Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except opera. D. Bach's music is unique for its combination of rich harmony and polyphonic texture.

Composers in the middle baroque phase favored writing compositions for instruments of the ____________ family.

Presenting the subject of a fugue from right to left, or beginning with the last and proceeding backward to the first note, is called

The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except

A two-part collection of preludes and fugues, one in each major and minor key, basic to the repertoire of keyboard players today, is Bach's

Pieces of an oratorio are usually connected together by means of

The orchestra evolved during the baroque period into a performing group based on instruments of the ____________ family.

The middle baroque was characterized by

Dido and Aeneas, which many consider to be the finest opera ever written to an English text, was composed by

The stage machinery of baroque opera

The concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo markings are

Vivaldi spent most of his life working at an institution for orphaned and illegitimate girls in

A musical ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of two tones that are a whole or half step apart is a

The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and

Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas was inspired by the Aeneid, an epic poem by

In addition to being an important composer, Arcangelo Corelli was also the leading Italian ________ of his time.

Modern historians use the term baroque to indicate

In their use of aria, duet, and recitative, Bach's cantatas closely resembled the ____________ of the time.

To evoke angry or warlike feelings in some of his texts, Monteverdi introduced new orchestral effects, including pizzicato and

A ____________ is a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it.