ORATORIO
Large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, usually set to a narrative text, but without acting, scenery, or costumes; often based on biblical stories.
SEQUENCE
In a melody, the immediate repetition of a melodic pattern on a higher or lower pitch.
WORD PAINTING
Musical representation of specific poetic images. Depicting images using music.
OPERA
Drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment, usually a large-scale composition involving vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra, costumes, and scenery.
CONCERTO GROSSO
Composition for several instrumental soloists and small orchestra. Type of baroque concerto based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments and the ripieno.
FIGURED BASS
Bass part of a baroque accompaniment with figures (numbers) above it indicating the chords to be played. Baroque practice consisting of an independent bass line that often includes numerals indicating the harmony to be supplied by the performer.
FUGUE
Polyphonic composition based on one main theme called subject.
CANTATA
Composition in several movements, usually written for chorus, one or more vocal soloists, and instrumental ensemble. The Lutheran ____________ usually includes chorales and was composed to reinforce the sermon.
TERRACED DYNAMICS
Suddenly changes between loud and soft dynamic levels.
RECITATIVE
Vocal line in an opera, oratorio, or cantata that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech, often serving to lead into an aria. Could be secco or accompagnato.
DOCTRINE OF AFFECTIONS
Baroque practice of attempting to project states of feeling and ideas in music. Usually one mood per section.
MOVEMENT
Piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition.
RITORNELLO
In Italian, refrain. Is a Repeated section of music usually played by the full orchestra in baroque compositions.
LIBRETTO
Text of an opera.
OVERTURE
Short musical composition, purely orchestra, which opens an opera and sets the overall dramatic mood. Orchestral introductions to later acts of an opera are called preludes.
SUITE
A set of dance-inspired movements all written in the same key but differing in tempo, meter, and character.
SUBJECT
Theme of a Fugue.
TRIO SONATA
Composition with three melodic lines: two high ones, each played by one instrument; and a basso continuo, played by two instruments.
GROUND BASS
Also known as a Basso Ostinato. Variation form in which a musical idea in the bass is repeated over and over while the melodies above it constantly change.
NATURALISTIC
The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except
1600-1750
Baroque style flourished in music during the period
WOLFGANG. A. MOZART
All of the following were major baroque composers except
FAVORED HOMOPHONIC TEXTURE
The early and late baroque periods differed in that composer's in the early baroque
ELABORATE AND ORNAMENTAL
Baroque melodies often are
THE SUCCESSIVE REPETITION OF A MUSICAL IDEA AT HIGHER OR LOWER PITCH LEVELS
Melodic sequence refers to
THE SUDDEN ALTERNATION FROM ONE DYNAMIC LEVEL TO ANOTHER
Terraced dynamics refers to
HARPISCHORD
The main keyboard instruments of the baroque period were the organ and the
a. supervised and directed the musical performances
b. composed much of the music required
c. was responsible for the discipline of the other musicians
The music director of a court in the baroque period
A HIGH CLASS SERVANT WITH FEW PERSONAL RIGHTS
The position of the composer during the baroque period was that of
THREE
A concerto grosso most often has ______________ movement(s).
TUTTI
The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the
FAST, SLOW, FAST
The concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo markings are
RITORNELLO
The principal and often recurring theme of a concerto grosso movement is called the
IT GIVES A SOLO ROLE TO THE HARPISCHORD
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is unusual in that
FUGUE
A polyphonic composition based on one main theme, a cornerstone of baroque music, is the
LIBRETTO
The text, or book, of a musical dramatic work is called the
ARIA
A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called
RECITATIVE
__________ refers to a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech.
OVERTURE
An ____ is an orchestral composition performed before the curtain rises on a dramatic work.
THE RHYTHMS AND PITCH FLUCTUATIONS OF SPEECH
The members of the Florentine Camerata wanted the vocal line of their music to follow
a. received the highest fees of any musicians
b. combined the lung power of a man with the vocal range of a woman
c. were male singers who had been castrated before puberty
Castrati
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas, which many consider to be the finest opera ever written to an English text, was composed by
ONE TO EIGHT INSTRUMENTS
The sonata in the baroque period was a composition in several movements for
SONATA DA CHIESA
A sonata intended to be played in church, and therefore dignified and suitable for sacred performance, was called a
WAS DANCE-LIKE IN CHARACTER AND WAS INTENDED FOR COURT PERFORMANCE
The sonata da camera
WORK
The abbreviation op. stands for opus, Latin for
VENICE
Antonio Vivaldi is closely identified with the musical life of
VIOLINIST
Antonio Vivaldi was famous and influential as a virtuoso
FOUR
Of Bach's twenty children, _____ went on to become well-known composers.
a. taught organ and composition, gave recitals, and was often asked to judge the quality of organs
b. was responsible for the musical education of some fifty-five students in the St. Thomas school
c. rehearsed, conducted, and usually composed an extended
While at Leipzig, Bach
MUSIC CREATED AT THE SAME TIME AS IT IS PERFORMED
Improvisation is
OPERA
Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form EXCEPT the
WALTZ
Which of the following is NOT a part of the baroque suite?
CHORALE
The _______ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune.
a. had been adapted from Catholic hymns
b. were composed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
c. had been adapted from folk songs
The Lutheran chorale tunes
CANTATA
A sung piece, or choral work with or without vocal soloists, usually with orchestral accompaniment, often used in the Lutheran service is the
ORATORIO
A large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, usually set to a narrative biblical text, is called a(n)
ACTING, SCENERY, OR COSTUMES
Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no
STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
The first oratorios were based on
ITALY
Oratorios first appeared in
ORATORIO
George Frideric Handel's Messiah is an example of
REQUIEM
A Mass for the dead is a
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Some indication of the acclaim and respect given Purcell by his contemporaries in England can be seen from the fact that he is buried in
VIRGIL'S EPIC POEM THE AENEID
Dido and Aeneas, which many people consider the finest opera ever written to an English text, was inspired by
GROUND BASS OR BASSO OSTINATO
A common variation form in the baroque is the
ST. MARK'S, VENICE
Monteverdi spent the greater part of his career in the most important church post in Italy, that of
DISSONANCE
To achieve intensity of expression, Monteverdi used _________ with unprecedented freedom and daring
EURYDICE
In Monteverdi's opera, Orfeo, Orpheus goes to Hades in the hope of bringing __________ back to life
All twelve of Monteverdi's operas are regularly performed in Europe and America.
Which of the following statements is not true?
TREMELO
To evoke angry or warlike feelings in some of his texts, Monteverdi introduced new orchestral effects, including pizzicato and
BASSO CONTINUO
Monteverdi's vocal music was ordinarily supported by a ______________________ and other instruments