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Question #1

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ____________ performers.

A two

B five

C three

D four

Question #2

The sonata originated in

A France.

B the Netherlands.

C Italy.

D Germany.

Question #3

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

A Persephone

B Oriana

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 sul ponticello.

B col legno.

C tremolo.

D double stops.

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 was expected to embellish the returning melody with ornamental tones.

C would insert recitatives between the sections for added variety.

D would improvise new words for the returning A section.

Question #6

Castrati

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

B received the highest fees of any musicians.

C All answers are correct.

D were male singers who had been castrated before puberty.

Question #7

The stage machinery of baroque opera

A was very primitive.

B replaced set designs.

C was nonexistent.

D bordered on the colossal.

Question #8

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

A Orfeo.

B Arsace.

C Nerone.

D Euridice.

Question #9

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

A contemporary exploration of the new world.

B ancient history.

C contemporary political events.

D lyric poetry.

Question #10

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

A music of the ancient Greek tragedies.

B polyphonic madrigal.

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 Galileo Galilei.

C Johann Sebastian Bach.

D Johann Christian Bach.

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 Stretto

B Augmentation

C Retrograde

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 answers.

C preludes.

D episodes.

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 answer.

C countersubject.

D episode.

Question #16

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

A it consists of a single movement.

B it gives a solo role to the harpsichord.

C it consists of four movements.

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 cello

C trumpet

D oboe

Question #18

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

A soloists.

B orchestra.

C concertino.

D tutti.

Question #19

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

A four

B two

C three

D one

Question #20

In Italy, music schools were often connected with

A public schools.

B orphanages.

C universities.

D courts of the nobility.

Question #21

Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

A composer.

B All answers are correct.

C flutist.

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 sequenced bass.

B basso profundo.

C counterpoint.

D figured bass.

Question #24

Terraced dynamics refers to

A a gradual change from loud to soft.

B the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.

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

D a gradual change from soft to loud.

Question #25

Melodic sequence refers to

A a preferred method of tuning an instrument.

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

C the pedagogical steps in learning to play an instrument.

D a composition by Vivaldi.

Question #26

Baroque melodies often are

A short and simple.

B elaborate and ornamental.

C easy to sing and remember.

D impossible to play.

Question #27

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

A complex harmonic progressions.

B repeated rhythmic patterns.

C a bawdy text.

D the high dynamic level.

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 All answers are correct.

B unity of mood

C terraced dynamics

D basso continuo

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 scientific movement popular in the seventeenth century.

B a class of musical instruments that no longer function.

C a period of decline in the arts.

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

Question #31

Where did Handel’s Messiah receive its premiere?

A Ireland

B Venice

C Austria

D London

Question #32

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A musical theater.

B an opera.

C a song.

D an oratorio.

Question #33

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

A Arcangelo Corelli.

B Antonio Vivaldi.

C Claudio Monteverdi.

D Johann Sebastian Bach.

Question #34

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A orchestral accompaniment.

B acting, scenery, or costumes.

C vocal soloists.

D choral part.

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 aria.

C oratorio.

D recitative.

Question #36

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

A operas

B sonatas

C suites

D concertos

Question #37

The various dances of the baroque suite are usually

A in AABB form.

B in ABA form.

C in theme and variation form.

D polyphonic in texture.

Question #38

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

A melodies in minor keys

B foot stomps and hand claps

C balanced and symmetrical phrases

D choral singers

Question #39

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

A meter.

B All answers are correct.

C national origin.

D tempo.

Question #40

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

A difficult to perform.

B extremely complex.

C placid and smooth.

D passionate and dramatic.

Question #41

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using

A homophonic texture.

B an insistent rhythmic drive.

C simple melodic ideas.

D musical symbolism.

Question #42

Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except

A sonata.

B opera.

C fugue.

D concerto.

Question #43

A Vivaldi concerto usually has ____________ movements.

A a variable number of

B three

C four

D two

Question #44

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

A Venice.

B Florence.

C Cremona.

D Rome.

Question #45

The theorbo is a(n)

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

B bass woodwind instrument similar to the bassoon.

C electronic instrument whose tone is generated by oscillators.

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 camera.

C sonata da chiesa.

D trio sonata.

Question #47

The early baroque was characterized by

A diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe.

B elaborate counterpoint.

C homophonic texture.

D development of the standardized orchestra.

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