Renaissance and Baroque Quiz

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Question #1

In a fugue, the areas of relaxation where the subject is not heard are called

A countersubjects.

B strettos.

C episodes.

Question #2

The ________ is a keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other.

A fugue

B toccata

C prelude

D suite

Question #3

Which of the following does NOT characterize the Baroque suite?

A It consists of a series of dance movements.

B The movements are in contrasting keys.

C Each movement is a dance type from a different country.

D The movements have contrasts of tempo and character.

Question #4

Handel’s Water Music is best described as a ________________ because it is an instrumental work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements.

A suite.

B passacaglia.

C concerto grosso.

D sonata da camera.

Question #5

The opening movement of Bach’s cantata Wachet auf is best described as a

A soprano aria.

B duet for soprano and bass.

C four-part chorale.

D grand chorale fantasia.

Question #6

A multimovement vocal genre for solo singers, chorus, and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative is a

A concerto grosso.

B cantata.

C chorale prelude.

D sonata.

Question #7

The ________________ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune.

A cantata

B recitative

C chorale

D chorale prelude

Question #8

Which of the following is Vivaldi’s best known set of concertos?

A The Brandenburg Concertos

B Music for the Royal Fireworks

C The Four Seasons

D Water Music

Question #9

Antonio Vivaldi lived and worked in

A Bologna.

B Rome.

C Venice.

D Florence.

Question #10

Vivaldi wrote over ____________ concertos for violin alone.

A 11

B 30

C 230

D 95

Question #11

Which the following does NOT characterize the “Hallelujah” chorus?

A varied dynamics

B a cappella setting

C fugal passages

D homophonic passages

Question #12

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” from Messiah is an example of

A secco recitative.

B four-part choral writing.

C a da capo aria.

D accompagnato recitative.

Question #13

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A choral parts.

B vocal soloists.

C orchestral accompaniment.

D elaborate scenery or costumes.

Question #14

A typical baroque operatic form was the da capo aria in ABA form in which the singer

A would make a literal repetition of the opening A section after the B section.

B was expected to ornament or elaborate the repeated A section on the fly.

C would insert recitatives between the sections for added variety.

D would invent or add new words for the returning A section.

Question #15

Handel spent the largest portion of his career in

A England.

B Ireland.

C Italy.

D Germany.

Question #16

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A a song.

B an oratorio.

C an opera.

D musical theater.

Question #17

The greatest native-born English composer of the Baroque was

A Oliver Cromwell.

B George Frideric Handel.

C Thomas Morley

D Henry Purcell.

Question #18

Dido sings her famous lament in Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas just prior to

A marrying Aeneas.

B killing herself.

C killing Aeneas.

D leaving with Aeneas.

Question #19

The text of an opera is called the

A script.

B libretto.

C lyrics.

D book.

Question #20

A highly emotional lyric solo song in an opera is called

A a chorus.

B a recitative.

C an ensemble.

D an aria.

Question #21

Instrumental music of the sixteenth century often did not specify its instrumentation.

A True

B False

Question #22

The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is the

A shawm.

B sackbut.

C cornetto.

D nakers.

Question #23

Which of the following best describes the texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass?

A monophony

B four-voice polyphony

C three-voice polyphony

D six-voice polyphony

Question #24

The vivid depiction of a text through music, known as word-painting, is a hallmark of the

A motet.

B chanson.

C anthem.

D madrigal.

Question #25

What was the primary language of the Mass?

A Latin

B Hebrew

C Italian

D Greek

Question #26

The portion of the Mass that remains the same in every celebration of the service is called

A the Ordinary.

B the Gradual

C the Proper

D the Vespers.

Question #27

A madrigal, like a motet, is a vocal composition that combines homophonic and polyphonic textures; but it differs from the church motet in that it

A both a vernacular text AND word painting and expressive harmonies.

B NEITHER a vernacular text NOR word painting and expressive harmonies.

C uses a vernacular rather than Latin text.

D more often uses word painting and expressive harmonies.

Question #28

Josquin’s Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is an example of a

A motet

B mass

C madrigal

D chason

Question #29

Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the sixteenth century?

A the galliard

B the ronde

C the madrigal

D the chanson

Question #30

A cappella refers to

A singing in a hushed manner because one is in church.

B men taking their hats off in church.

C any form of music appropriate for church use.

D unaccompanied vocal music.

Question #31

The texture of sacred Renaissance music is chiefly

A monophonic.

B homophonic.

C polyphonic.

D heterophonic.

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