Loyola Marymount University

MUSC 102

Quiz 2 - Baroque

1)The most important composers in England and Italy during the early and middle baroque were              .

1. 1. Henry Purcell and Claudio Monteverdi
   2. Johann Christian Bach and George Frederic Handel
   3. George Frederic Handel and Antonio Vivaldi
   4. George Frederic Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach
2. Baroque style flourished in music during the period  . a. 1600-1750

b. 1750-1800

c. 1750-1820

d. 1800-1860

3. The two giants of composition in the high baroque style were              .

1. 1. Henry Purcell and Antonio Vivaldi
   2. Johann Christian Bach and George Frederic Handel
   3. Galileo Galilei and Johann Sebastian Bach
   4. George Frederic Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach

4. The early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the early baroque  .

1. 1. favored polyphonic texture
   2. favored homophonic texture
   3. used extremely complex harmonies
   4. favored purely instrumental music

5. Dido and Aeneas, which many consider to be the finest opera ever written to an English text, was composed by

      .

1. 1. Claudio Monteverdi
   2. Henry Purcell
   3. George Frederic Handel
   4. Jeremiah Clarke

6. Affections in baroque usage refers to .

1. 1. the nobility’s manner of deportment
   2. the doctrine of universal brotherhood
   3. the harmonies in music
   4. emotional states or moods of music

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

1. 1. a sexy text
   2. complex harmonic progressions
   3. repeated rhythmic patterns

1. 4. the high dynamic level

8. Melodic sequence refers to  .

1. 1. the successive repetition of a musical idea at higher or lower pitch levels
   2. a preferred method of tuning an instrument
   3. a composition by Vivaldi
   4. the steps in learning to play an instrument

9. Baroque melodies often are .

1. 1. elaborate and ornamental
   2. easy to sing and remember
   3. almost impossible to play
   4. short and simple

10. A sustaining instrument playing the bass part together with a chord-playing instrument to fill in the harmony above it results in a type of baroque accompaniment known as               .

1. basso ostinato
2. basso profundo
3. basso continuo

11. The main keyboard instruments of the baroque period were the organ and the        .

1. clavichord
2. piano
3. accordion
4. harpsichord

12. The large group of players in a concerto grosso are known as the     .

1. concertino
2. tutti
3. soloists
4. frutti

13. The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in     form.

1. sonata
2. ritornello
3. theme and variation
4. ternary

14. Presenting the subject of a fugue in lengthened time values is called             .

1. inversion
2. augmentation
3. retrograde
4. diminution

15. Turning the subject of a fugue upside down, or reversing the direction of each interval, is called       .

1. inversion
2. stretto
3. retrograde
4. countersubject

16.           refers to a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech.

1. aria
2. duet
3. recitative

17. The text of an opera is called a     .

1. text
2. libretto
3. book
4. score

18. Castrati      .

1. received the highest fees of any musicians
2. combined the lung power of a man with the vocal range of awoman
3. were male singers who had been castrated before punberty
4. all of the above

19. An          is an orchestral composition performed before the curtain rises on a dramatic work.

1. overture
2. aria
3. opera
4. opening

20. Orpheus goes to Hades in the hope of bringin           back to life.

1. Phyllis
2. Peresphone
3. Oriana
4. Eurydice

21. The baroque orchestra usually consisted of about how many players?           .

a. 10-15

b. 25-75

c. 10-40

d. 40-75

22. A common form in the baroque is based upon the use of a ground bass, also called .

1. basso continuo
2. basso ostinato
3. terraced melody
4. sequence

23. A trio sonata is performed by    players.

1. two
2. three
3. four
4. five

24. A genre called the Passion would be  .

1. about the passions of saints
2. about the passions of artists
3. about the crucifixion of Christ