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Question #1

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ____________ performers.

A two

B four

C three

D five

Question #2

The sonata originated in

A Italy.

B France.

C the Netherlands.

D Germany.

Question #3

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

A Oriana

B Persephone

C Phyllis

D Eurydice

Question #4

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

A col legno.

B tremolo.

C double stops.

D sul ponticello.

Question #5

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

A was expected to embellish the returning melody with ornamental tones.

B would insert recitatives between the sections for added variety.

C would improvise new words for the returning A section.

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

Question #6

Castrati

A All answers are correct.

B were male singers who had been castrated before puberty.

C combined the lung power of a man with the vocal range of a woman.

D received the highest fees of any musicians.

Question #7

The stage machinery of baroque opera

A was very primitive.

B replaced set designs.

C bordered on the colossal.

D was nonexistent.

Question #8

The earliest opera that has been preserved is Jacopo Peri’s

A Nerone.

B Orfeo.

C Arsace.

D Euridice.

Question #9

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

A lyric poetry.

B ancient history.

C contemporary exploration of the new world.

D contemporary political events.

Question #10

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

A polyphonic madrigal.

B music of the ancient Greek tragedies.

C glories of their aristocratic patrons.

D organum of the Middle Ages.

Question #11

The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and

A Galileo Galilei.

B Johann Sebastian Bach.

C Johann Christian Bach.

D Giovanni Gabrieli.

Question #12

The text, or book, of a musical dramatic work is called the

A form.

B score.

C story.

D libretto.

Question #13

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

A Retrograde

B Stretto

C Augmentation

D Diminution

Question #14

Transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject are called

A preludes.

B episodes.

C strettos.

D answers.

Question #15

In many fugues, the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice by a different melodic idea called a(n)

A countersubject.

B stretto.

C answer.

D episode.

Question #16

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is unusual in that

A it consists of four movements.

B it gives a solo role to the harpsichord.

C it consists of a single movement.

D the first movement is not in typical ritornello form.

Question #17

The solo instruments in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the ____________, violin, and harpsichord.

A flute

B trumpet

C cello

D oboe

Question #18

The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the

A tutti.

B concertino.

C orchestra.

D soloists.

Question #19

A concerto grosso most often has ____________ movement(s).

A two

B one

C four

D three

Question #20

In Italy, music schools were often connected with

A public schools.

B courts of the nobility.

C universities.

D orphanages.

Question #21

Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

A flutist.

B composer.

C All answers are correct.

D general.

Question #22

A large court during the baroque period might employ about ____________ performers.

A 80

B 24

C 120

D 18

Question #23

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

A figured bass.

B counterpoint.

C sequenced bass.

D basso profundo.

Question #24

Terraced dynamics refers to

A dynamics that are not written in the music but added by the performer.

B a gradual change from loud to soft.

C a gradual change from soft to loud.

D the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.

Question #25

Melodic sequence refers to

A the successive repetition of a musical idea at higher or lower pitches.

B a preferred method of tuning an instrument.

C the pedagogical steps in learning to play an instrument.

D a composition by Vivaldi.

Question #26

Baroque melodies often are

A impossible to play.

B short and simple.

C elaborate and ornamental.

D easy to sing and remember.

Question #27

The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by

A a bawdy text.

B complex harmonic progressions.

C the high dynamic level.

D repeated rhythmic patterns.

Question #28

The baroque principle of ____________ may be temporarily suspended in vocal music when drastic changes of emotion in a text inspires corresponding changes in the music.

A terraced dynamics

B All answers are correct.

C basso continuo

D unity of mood

Question #29

Affections in baroque usage refers to

A the doctrine of universal brotherhood.

B the nobility’s manner of deportment.

C terraced dynamics.

D emotional states or moods of music.

Question #30

Modern historians use the term baroque to indicate

A a period of decline in the arts.

B a particular style in the arts, involving action and movement.

C a class of musical instruments that no longer function.

D a scientific movement popular in the seventeenth century.

Question #31

Where did Handel’s Messiah receive its premiere?

A London

B Austria

C Ireland

D Venice

Question #32

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A musical theater.

B a song.

C an opera.

D an oratorio.

Question #33

George Frideric Handel was born in 1685, the same year as

A Antonio Vivaldi.

B Arcangelo Corelli.

C Claudio Monteverdi.

D Johann Sebastian Bach.

Question #34

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A vocal soloists.

B choral part.

C acting, scenery, or costumes.

D orchestral accompaniment.

Question #35

A large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, usually set to a narrative biblical text, is called a(n)

A chorale.

B recitative.

C aria.

D oratorio.

Question #36

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

A operas

B concertos

C sonatas

D suites

Question #37

The various dances of the baroque suite are usually

A in theme and variation form.

B in AABB form.

C in ABA form.

D polyphonic in texture.

Question #38

In contrast to fugues, baroque suites tended to have ____________ because they were based on dance steps.

A choral singers

B melodies in minor keys

C foot stomps and hand claps

D balanced and symmetrical phrases

Question #39

Although all the movements of a baroque suite are in the same key, they differ in

A All answers are correct.

B national origin.

C meter.

D tempo.

Question #40

Monteverdi, an early baroque composer, strove to create music that was

A extremely complex.

B passionate and dramatic.

C difficult to perform.

D placid and smooth.

Question #41

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using

A an insistent rhythmic drive.

B homophonic texture.

C simple melodic ideas.

D musical symbolism.

Question #42

Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except

A fugue.

B opera.

C sonata.

D concerto.

Question #43

A Vivaldi concerto usually has ____________ movements.

A three

B four

C two

D a variable number of

Question #44

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

A Cremona.

B Florence.

C Rome.

D Venice.

Question #45

The theorbo is a(n)

A electronic instrument whose tone is generated by oscillators.

B bass woodwind instrument similar to the bassoon.

C plucked string instrument capable of producing chords as well as a bass line.

D keyboard instrument suitable for playing basso continuo parts.

Question #46

A sonata to be played at court, and therefore dancelike in character, was called a

A tarantella.

B sonata da chiesa.

C trio sonata.

D sonata da camera.

Question #47

The early baroque was characterized by

A diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe.

B development of the standardized orchestra.

C homophonic texture.

D elaborate counterpoint.

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