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Question #1

Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ____________ performers.

A two

B five

C four

D three

Question #2

The sonata originated in

A the Netherlands.

B Italy.

C France.

D Germany.

Question #3

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

A Eurydice

B Oriana

C Phyllis

D Persephone

Question #4

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

A tremolo.

B double stops.

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 would improvise new words for the returning A section.

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

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

D would insert recitatives between the sections for added variety.

Question #6

Castrati

A were male singers who had been castrated before puberty.

B All answers are correct.

C received the highest fees of any musicians.

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 was nonexistent.

C replaced set designs.

D bordered on the colossal.

Question #8

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

A Euridice.

B Nerone.

C Orfeo.

D Arsace.

Question #9

Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

A contemporary political events.

B ancient history.

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 music of the ancient Greek tragedies.

B polyphonic madrigal.

C glories of their aristocratic patrons.

D organum of the Middle Ages.

Question #11

The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and

A Giovanni Gabrieli.

B Johann Christian Bach.

C Johann Sebastian Bach.

D Galileo Galilei.

Question #12

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

A score.

B form.

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 answers.

B episodes.

C preludes.

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 countersubject.

B stretto.

C episode.

D answer.

Question #16

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

A the first movement is not in typical ritornello form.

B it consists of a single movement.

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 flute

B trumpet

C oboe

D cello

Question #18

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

A tutti.

B orchestra.

C concertino.

D soloists.

Question #19

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

A four

B one

C three

D two

Question #20

In Italy, music schools were often connected with

A orphanages.

B courts of the nobility.

C universities.

D public schools.

Question #21

Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

A composer.

B general.

C All answers are correct.

D flutist.

Question #22

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

A 24

B 120

C 80

D 18

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 figured bass.

D sequenced 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 loud to soft.

C a gradual change from soft to loud.

D the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another.

Question #25

Melodic sequence refers to

A a preferred method of tuning an instrument.

B a composition by Vivaldi.

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 short and simple.

B impossible to play.

C elaborate and ornamental.

D easy to sing and remember.

Question #27

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

A the high dynamic level.

B complex harmonic progressions.

C a bawdy text.

D repeated rhythmic patterns.

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 basso continuo

C terraced dynamics

D All answers are correct.

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 scientific movement popular in the seventeenth century.

D a class of musical instruments that no longer function.

Question #31

Where did Handel’s Messiah receive its premiere?

A Ireland

B London

C Austria

D Venice

Question #32

Handel’s Messiah is an example of

A an oratorio.

B an opera.

C musical theater.

D a song.

Question #33

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

A Johann Sebastian Bach.

B Claudio Monteverdi.

C Antonio Vivaldi.

D Arcangelo Corelli.

Question #34

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

A choral part.

B orchestral accompaniment.

C acting, scenery, or costumes.

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 recitative.

B chorale.

C aria.

D oratorio.

Question #36

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

A concertos

B suites

C sonatas

D operas

Question #37

The various dances of the baroque suite are usually

A polyphonic in texture.

B in AABB form.

C in ABA form.

D in theme and variation form.

Question #38

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

A balanced and symmetrical phrases

B choral singers

C melodies in minor keys

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 All answers are correct.

B tempo.

C national origin.

D meter.

Question #40

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

A placid and smooth.

B passionate and dramatic.

C difficult to perform.

D extremely complex.

Question #41

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using

A musical symbolism.

B an insistent rhythmic drive.

C simple melodic ideas.

D homophonic texture.

Question #42

Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except

A fugue.

B concerto.

C sonata.

D opera.

Question #43

A Vivaldi concerto usually has ____________ movements.

A three

B a variable number of

C four

D two

Question #44

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

A Cremona.

B Florence.

C Venice.

D Rome.

Question #45

The theorbo is a(n)

A electronic instrument whose tone is generated by oscillators.

B keyboard instrument suitable for playing basso continuo parts.

C bass woodwind instrument similar to the bassoon.

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

Question #46

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

A sonata da chiesa.

B tarantella.

C trio sonata.

D sonata da camera.

Question #47

The early baroque was characterized by

A diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe.

B homophonic texture.

C development of the standardized orchestra.

D elaborate counterpoint.

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