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Question #1

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ____________ performers.

A three

B four

C five

D two

Question #2

The sonata originated in

A Germany.

B the Netherlands.

C France.

D Italy.

Question #3

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

A Eurydice

B Phyllis

C Persephone

D Oriana

Question #4

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

A double stops.

B tremolo.

C sul ponticello.

D col legno.

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

D would improvise new words for the returning A section.

Question #6

Castrati

A received the highest fees of any musicians.

B were male singers who had been castrated before puberty.

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 replaced set designs.

B was nonexistent.

C was very primitive.

D bordered on the colossal.

Question #8

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

A Arsace.

B Euridice.

C Orfeo.

D Nerone.

Question #9

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

A lyric poetry.

B contemporary political events.

C ancient history.

D contemporary exploration of the new world.

Question #10

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

A glories of their aristocratic patrons.

B polyphonic madrigal.

C music of the ancient Greek tragedies.

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 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 Diminution

C Augmentation

D Stretto

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 episode.

C answer.

D countersubject.

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 the first movement is not in typical ritornello form.

D it consists of a single movement.

Question #17

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

A oboe

B cello

C trumpet

D flute

Question #18

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

A tutti.

B soloists.

C orchestra.

D concertino.

Question #19

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

A one

B two

C three

D four

Question #20

In Italy, music schools were often connected with

A orphanages.

B public schools.

C universities.

D courts of the nobility.

Question #21

Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

A All answers are correct.

B general.

C composer.

D flutist.

Question #22

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

A 120

B 24

C 80

D 18

Question #23

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

A basso profundo.

B counterpoint.

C sequenced bass.

D figured bass.

Question #24

Terraced dynamics refers to

A a gradual change from loud to soft.

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

C the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.

D a gradual change from soft to loud.

Question #25

Melodic sequence refers to

A a composition by Vivaldi.

B a preferred method of tuning an instrument.

C the pedagogical steps in learning to play an instrument.

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

Question #26

Baroque melodies often are

A easy to sing and remember.

B elaborate and ornamental.

C short and simple.

D impossible to play.

Question #27

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

A a bawdy text.

B the high dynamic level.

C repeated rhythmic patterns.

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 unity of mood

B All answers are correct.

C terraced dynamics

D basso continuo

Question #29

Affections in baroque usage refers to

A terraced dynamics.

B emotional states or moods of music.

C the doctrine of universal brotherhood.

D the nobility’s manner of deportment.

Question #30

Modern historians use the term baroque to indicate

A a scientific movement popular in the seventeenth century.

B a period of decline in the arts.

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

D a class of musical instruments that no longer function.

Question #31

Where did Handel’s Messiah receive its premiere?

A Ireland

B Austria

C London

D Venice

Question #32

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A musical theater.

B an opera.

C an oratorio.

D a song.

Question #33

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

A Antonio Vivaldi.

B Claudio Monteverdi.

C Johann Sebastian Bach.

D Arcangelo Corelli.

Question #34

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A vocal soloists.

B acting, scenery, or costumes.

C orchestral accompaniment.

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 recitative.

D oratorio.

Question #36

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

A sonatas

B concertos

C suites

D operas

Question #37

The various dances of the baroque suite are usually

A in ABA form.

B in AABB 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 balanced and symmetrical phrases

B foot stomps and hand claps

C melodies in minor keys

D choral singers

Question #39

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

A All answers are correct.

B tempo.

C meter.

D national origin.

Question #40

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

A extremely complex.

B placid and smooth.

C difficult to perform.

D passionate and dramatic.

Question #41

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using

A an insistent rhythmic drive.

B musical symbolism.

C homophonic texture.

D simple melodic ideas.

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 two

B a variable number of

C four

D three

Question #44

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

A Rome.

B Venice.

C Florence.

D Cremona.

Question #45

The theorbo is a(n)

A keyboard instrument suitable for playing basso continuo parts.

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

C bass woodwind instrument similar to the bassoon.

D electronic instrument whose tone is generated by oscillators.

Question #46

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

A sonata da camera.

B trio sonata.

C sonata da chiesa.

D tarantella.

Question #47

The early baroque was characterized by

A development of the standardized orchestra.

B elaborate counterpoint.

C diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe.

D homophonic texture.

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