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Question #1

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ____________ performers.

A four

B five

C two

D three

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 Persephone

B Phyllis

C Oriana

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 double stops.

C sul ponticello.

D tremolo.

Question #5

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

A would improvise new words for the returning A section.

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

C would insert recitatives between the sections for added variety.

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

B was very primitive.

C was nonexistent.

D bordered on the colossal.

Question #8

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

A Euridice.

B Arsace.

C Orfeo.

D Nerone.

Question #9

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

A ancient history.

B contemporary political events.

C contemporary exploration of the new world.

D lyric poetry.

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 organum of the Middle Ages.

D music of the ancient Greek tragedies.

Question #11

The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and

A Johann Christian Bach.

B Johann Sebastian Bach.

C Galileo Galilei.

D Giovanni Gabrieli.

Question #12

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

A score.

B form.

C libretto.

D story.

Question #13

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

A Diminution

B Retrograde

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 preludes.

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 stretto.

B answer.

C episode.

D countersubject.

Question #16

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

A it consists of a single movement.

B the first movement is not in typical ritornello form.

C it consists of four movements.

D it gives a solo role to the harpsichord.

Question #17

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

A trumpet

B cello

C oboe

D flute

Question #18

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

A soloists.

B concertino.

C orchestra.

D tutti.

Question #19

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

A two

B one

C three

D four

Question #20

In Italy, music schools were often connected with

A public schools.

B universities.

C courts of the nobility.

D orphanages.

Question #21

Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

A general.

B All answers are correct.

C composer.

D flutist.

Question #22

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

A 18

B 80

C 120

D 24

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 figured bass.

D counterpoint.

Question #24

Terraced dynamics refers to

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

B the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.

C a gradual change from loud to soft.

D a gradual change from soft to loud.

Question #25

Melodic sequence refers to

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

B a composition by Vivaldi.

C the pedagogical steps in learning to play an instrument.

D a preferred method of tuning an instrument.

Question #26

Baroque melodies often are

A easy to sing and remember.

B elaborate and ornamental.

C impossible to play.

D short and simple.

Question #27

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

A repeated rhythmic patterns.

B the high dynamic level.

C complex harmonic progressions.

D a bawdy text.

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 basso continuo

C unity of mood

D terraced dynamics

Question #29

Affections in baroque usage refers to

A emotional states or moods of music.

B the doctrine of universal brotherhood.

C the nobility’s manner of deportment.

D terraced dynamics.

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 Venice

B Ireland

C Austria

D London

Question #32

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A an oratorio.

B an opera.

C a song.

D musical theater.

Question #33

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

A Johann Sebastian Bach.

B Claudio Monteverdi.

C Arcangelo Corelli.

D Antonio Vivaldi.

Question #34

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A choral part.

B acting, scenery, or costumes.

C orchestral accompaniment.

D vocal soloists.

Question #35

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

A oratorio.

B aria.

C chorale.

D recitative.

Question #36

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

A sonatas

B operas

C concertos

D suites

Question #37

The various dances of the baroque suite are usually

A polyphonic in texture.

B in AABB form.

C in theme and variation form.

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 balanced and symmetrical phrases

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 tempo.

B meter.

C All answers are correct.

D national origin.

Question #40

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

A passionate and dramatic.

B difficult to perform.

C placid and smooth.

D extremely complex.

Question #41

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using

A homophonic texture.

B simple melodic ideas.

C musical symbolism.

D an insistent rhythmic drive.

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 three

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 Rome.

B Cremona.

C Venice.

D Florence.

Question #45

The theorbo is a(n)

A electronic instrument whose tone is generated by oscillators.

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

C keyboard instrument suitable for playing basso continuo parts.

D bass woodwind instrument similar to the bassoon.

Question #46

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

A trio sonata.

B sonata da chiesa.

C tarantella.

D sonata da camera.

Question #47

The early baroque was characterized by

A elaborate counterpoint.

B development of the standardized orchestra.

C diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe.

D homophonic texture.

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