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Question #1

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ____________ performers.

A four

B two

C five

D three

Question #2

The sonata originated in

A Germany.

B France.

C Italy.

D the Netherlands.

Question #3

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

A Phyllis

B Persephone

C Eurydice

D Oriana

Question #4

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

A sul ponticello.

B tremolo.

C double stops.

D col legno.

Question #5

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 would insert recitatives between the sections for added variety.

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

D would improvise new words for the returning A section.

Question #6

Castrati

A were male singers who had been castrated before puberty.

B received the highest fees of any musicians.

C All answers are correct.

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

Question #7

The stage machinery of baroque opera

A was very primitive.

B was nonexistent.

C bordered on the colossal.

D replaced set designs.

Question #8

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

A Euridice.

B Nerone.

C Arsace.

D Orfeo.

Question #9

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

A contemporary exploration of the new world.

B lyric poetry.

C ancient history.

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 organum of the Middle Ages.

D glories of their aristocratic patrons.

Question #11

The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and

A Giovanni Gabrieli.

B Johann Sebastian Bach.

C Galileo Galilei.

D Johann Christian Bach.

Question #12

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

A libretto.

B story.

C score.

D form.

Question #13

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

A Retrograde

B Augmentation

C Stretto

D Diminution

Question #14

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

A strettos.

B episodes.

C answers.

D preludes.

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 stretto.

B countersubject.

C answer.

D episode.

Question #16

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

A the first movement is not in typical ritornello form.

B it consists of a single movement.

C it gives a solo role to the harpsichord.

D it consists of four movements.

Question #17

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

A flute

B oboe

C cello

D trumpet

Question #18

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

A orchestra.

B tutti.

C soloists.

D concertino.

Question #19

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

A three

B four

C one

D two

Question #20

In Italy, music schools were often connected with

A public schools.

B orphanages.

C courts of the nobility.

D universities.

Question #21

Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

A flutist.

B All answers are correct.

C composer.

D general.

Question #22

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

A 24

B 80

C 120

D 18

Question #23

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

A counterpoint.

B sequenced bass.

C basso profundo.

D figured bass.

Question #24

Terraced dynamics refers to

A a gradual change from soft to loud.

B a gradual change from loud to soft.

C the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.

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

Question #25

Melodic sequence refers to

A a preferred method of tuning an instrument.

B the pedagogical steps in learning to play an instrument.

C a composition by Vivaldi.

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

Question #26

Baroque melodies often are

A elaborate and ornamental.

B impossible to play.

C short and simple.

D easy to sing and remember.

Question #27

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

A repeated rhythmic patterns.

B the high dynamic level.

C a bawdy text.

D complex harmonic progressions.

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 basso continuo

B unity of mood

C All answers are correct.

D terraced dynamics

Question #29

Affections in baroque usage refers to

A the doctrine of universal brotherhood.

B emotional states or moods of music.

C terraced dynamics.

D the nobility’s manner of deportment.

Question #30

Modern historians use the term baroque to indicate

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

B a scientific movement popular in the seventeenth century.

C a period of decline in the arts.

D a class of musical instruments that no longer function.

Question #31

Where did Handel’s Messiah receive its premiere?

A Austria

B Ireland

C Venice

D London

Question #32

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A a song.

B an opera.

C musical theater.

D an oratorio.

Question #33

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

A Antonio Vivaldi.

B Claudio Monteverdi.

C Arcangelo Corelli.

D Johann Sebastian Bach.

Question #34

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A acting, scenery, or costumes.

B vocal soloists.

C choral part.

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 oratorio.

C recitative.

D aria.

Question #36

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

A concertos

B operas

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 polyphonic in texture.

D in ABA form.

Question #38

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

A foot stomps and hand claps

B choral singers

C balanced and symmetrical phrases

D melodies in minor keys

Question #39

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

A tempo.

B national origin.

C All answers are correct.

D meter.

Question #40

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

A placid and smooth.

B passionate and dramatic.

C extremely complex.

D difficult to perform.

Question #41

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using

A simple melodic ideas.

B musical symbolism.

C an insistent rhythmic drive.

D homophonic texture.

Question #42

Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except

A opera.

B concerto.

C sonata.

D fugue.

Question #43

A Vivaldi concerto usually has ____________ movements.

A four

B two

C a variable number of

D three

Question #44

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

A Cremona.

B Rome.

C Venice.

D Florence.

Question #45

The theorbo is a(n)

A keyboard instrument suitable for playing basso continuo parts.

B electronic instrument whose tone is generated by oscillators.

C bass woodwind instrument similar to the bassoon.

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

Question #46

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

A sonata da chiesa.

B trio sonata.

C sonata da camera.

D tarantella.

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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