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Question #1

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ____________ performers.

A three

B four

C two

D five

Question #2

The sonata originated in

A Italy.

B the Netherlands.

C Germany.

D France.

Question #3

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

A Persephone

B Oriana

C Eurydice

D Phyllis

Question #4

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

A tremolo.

B sul ponticello.

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 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 All answers are correct.

C were male singers who had been castrated before puberty.

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 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 Arsace.

C Euridice.

D Orfeo.

Question #9

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

A contemporary exploration of the new world.

B contemporary political events.

C ancient history.

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 organum of the Middle Ages.

C music of the ancient Greek tragedies.

D polyphonic madrigal.

Question #11

The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and

A Johann Sebastian Bach.

B Johann Christian Bach.

C Giovanni Gabrieli.

D Galileo Galilei.

Question #12

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

A libretto.

B story.

C form.

D score.

Question #13

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

A Diminution

B Stretto

C Retrograde

D Augmentation

Question #14

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

A episodes.

B preludes.

C answers.

D strettos.

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 answer.

B episode.

C countersubject.

D stretto.

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 oboe

B flute

C trumpet

D cello

Question #18

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

A concertino.

B tutti.

C soloists.

D orchestra.

Question #19

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

A one

B three

C two

D four

Question #20

In Italy, music schools were often connected with

A universities.

B courts of the nobility.

C public schools.

D orphanages.

Question #21

Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

A general.

B composer.

C flutist.

D All answers are correct.

Question #22

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

A 18

B 24

C 120

D 80

Question #23

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

A counterpoint.

B basso profundo.

C sequenced bass.

D figured bass.

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 soft to loud.

C the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.

D a gradual change from loud to soft.

Question #25

Melodic sequence refers to

A a composition by Vivaldi.

B the pedagogical steps in learning to play an instrument.

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

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 complex harmonic progressions.

B the high dynamic level.

C repeated rhythmic patterns.

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 basso continuo

B unity of mood

C terraced dynamics

D All answers are correct.

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 class of musical instruments that no longer function.

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

Question #31

Where did Handel’s Messiah receive its premiere?

A Venice

B Ireland

C London

D Austria

Question #32

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A an opera.

B a song.

C musical theater.

D an oratorio.

Question #33

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

A Claudio Monteverdi.

B Arcangelo Corelli.

C Antonio Vivaldi.

D Johann Sebastian Bach.

Question #34

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A choral part.

B acting, scenery, or costumes.

C vocal soloists.

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 recitative.

B oratorio.

C aria.

D chorale.

Question #36

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

A concertos

B sonatas

C operas

D suites

Question #37

The various dances of the baroque suite are usually

A in theme and variation form.

B in ABA form.

C polyphonic in texture.

D in AABB form.

Question #38

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

A melodies in minor keys

B choral singers

C balanced and symmetrical phrases

D foot stomps and hand claps

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 placid and smooth.

B difficult to perform.

C passionate and dramatic.

D extremely complex.

Question #41

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using

A an insistent rhythmic drive.

B simple melodic ideas.

C homophonic texture.

D musical symbolism.

Question #42

Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except

A opera.

B concerto.

C fugue.

D sonata.

Question #43

A Vivaldi concerto usually has ____________ movements.

A three

B four

C a variable number of

D two

Question #44

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

A Florence.

B Venice.

C Cremona.

D Rome.

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 electronic instrument whose tone is generated by oscillators.

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 sonata da camera.

B trio sonata.

C tarantella.

D sonata da chiesa.

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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