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The word "baroque" has at various times meant all of the following except

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naturalistic

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Modern historians use the term "baroque" to indicate

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a particular style in the arts

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All of the following were baroque painters except

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Isaac Newton

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Baroque painters exploited their materials to expand the potential of ____ to create totally structured worlds.

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All answers are correct: color, ornament and detail, depth

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Baroque style flourished in music during the period

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1600-1750

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The baroque, as a stylistic period in western art music, encompassed the years

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1600-1750

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The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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All of the following were major baroque composers except

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Wolfgang A. Mozart

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Which of the following statements is not true? A. Baroque art is a complex mixture of rationalism, sensuality, materialism and spirituality. B. The late baroque period was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history. C. Early baroque composers favored homophonic texture over the polyphonic texture typical of Renaissance music. D. Regardless of form, baroque music features contrasts between bodies of sound.

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B. The late baroque period was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history.

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One of the most revolutionary periods in music history was the

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early baroque

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The early baroque was characterized by

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homophonic texture

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The early baroque period spanned the years

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1600-1640

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

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passionate and dramatic

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

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favored homophonic texture

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The middle baroque was characterized by

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a diffusion of the style into every corner of Europe

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The middle baroque period spanned the years

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1640-1690

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Composers in the middle baroque phase favored writing compositions for instruments of the ________ family.

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violin

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By about _______, major or minor scales were the tonal basis of most compositions.

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1680

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Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time in the ________ period.

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late baroque

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The late baroque period spanned the years

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1690-1750

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Affections in baroque usage refers to

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emotional states or moods of music

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A baroque musical composition usually expresses _________ within the same movement.

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one basic mood

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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.

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unity of mood

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

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repeated rhythmic patterns

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Baroque melodies often are

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elaborate and ornamental

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Baroque melodies give the impression of

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dynamic expansion

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Melodic sequence refers to

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

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A characteristic often found in baroque melodies is

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a short opening phrase followed by a longer phrase with an unbroken flow of rapid notes

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Terraced dynamics refers to

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the sudden alteration from one dynamic level to another

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In the baroque era, dynamics consisted mainly of sudden alterations between loud and soft called

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terraced dynamics

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

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harpsichord

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A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by means of brass blades striking the strings was the

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clavichord

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The most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of

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basso continuo

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

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basso continuo

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The orchestra evolved during the baroque period into a performing group based on instruments of the ________ family.

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violin

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The word "movement" in music normally refers to

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a piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition

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Which of the following statements is not true? A. A large courrt during the baroque period might employ more than 80 performers, including the finest opera singers of the day. B. Audiences in the baroque period were most anxious to hear old familiar favorites, and did not care for new music. C. In Italy, music schools were often connected with orphanages. D. Church musicians in the baroque period earned lower pay and had less status than court musicians.

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B. Audiences in the baroque period were most anxious to hear old familiar favorites, and did not care for new music.

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

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80

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The music director of a baroque court was usually not responsible for

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publicity in reaching an audience

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Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, was a

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All answers are correct: flutist, general, composer

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The position of the composer during the baroque period was that of

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a high-class servant with few personal rights

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In the baroque period, the ordinary citizen's opportunities for hearing music usually came from the

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church

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In Italy, music schools were often connected with

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orphanages

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To get a job, a musician had to

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pass a difficult examination

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

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three

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

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tutti

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The concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo markings are

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fast, slow, fast

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

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ritornello

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Which of the following statements are not true? A. A concerto grosso normally involves two to four soloists, and anywhere from eight to twenty or more musicians for the tutti. B. A concerto grosso persents a contrast of texture between the tutti and the soloists, who assert their individuality and appeal for attention through brilliant and fanciful melodic lines. C. A concerto grosso normally involves a large group of soloists accompanied by an equal number of supporting players. D. The first and last movements of a concerto grossi are often in ritornello form, a form that features the alteration between tutti and solo selections.

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C. A concerto grosso normally involves a large group of soloists accompanied by an equal number of supporting players.

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

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flute

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

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it gives a solo role to the harpsichord

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A musical ornament consisting of the rapid alteration of two tones that are a whole of half step apart is a

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trill

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A polyphonic composition based on one main theme is the

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fugue

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The main theme of a fugue is called the

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subject

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When the subject of a fugue is presented in the dominant scale, it is called the

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In many figures, the subject in one voice is constantly accompanied in another voice by a different melodic idea called a(n)

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countersubject

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

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episodes

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

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stretto

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A _______ is a single tone, usually in the bass, that is held while the other voices produce a series of changing harmonies against it.

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pedal point

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

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inversion

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Presenting the subject of a fugue from right to left, or beginning with the last and proceeding backward to the first note, is called

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retrograde

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

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augmentation

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Presenting the subject of a fugue in shortened time values is called

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diminution

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Very often an independent fugue is introduced by a short piece called a(n)

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prelude

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An _________ is a play, set to music, sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes and action.

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opera

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

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libretto

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Which of the following statements is not true? A. The terms ensemble and chorus are synonymous. B. Voice categories in opera are divided more finely than in other musical genres. C. Operas may contain spoken dialogue, but most are sung entirely. D. Opera soloists must create a wide variety of characters, and so need acting skills as well as vocal artistry.

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A. The terms ensemble and chorus are synonymous.

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A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called a/an

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aria

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

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recitative

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A _________ is a singer with a low range who usually takes comic roles.

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basso buffo

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A _________ is a singer with a very low range and powerful voice, who usually takes roles calling for great dignity.

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basso profundo

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A(n) _________ is a musical number for two solo voices with orchestral accompaniment.

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duet

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A(n) ___________ is an operatic number involving three or more leading singers.

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ensemble

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The ____________ is the person who beats time, indicates expression, cues in musicians, and controls the balance among instruments and voices.

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conductor

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

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overture

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

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music of the ancient Greek tragedies

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The members of the Camerata wanted the vocal line of their music to follow

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the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech

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Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and

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ancient history

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Which of the following statements are not true? A. Most early baroque operas were based on Greek mythology and ancient history. B. The members of the Florentine Camerata based their theories on actual dramatic music that had come down to them from the Greeks. C. The members of the Florentine Camerata wanted to create a new vocal style modeled on the music of ancient Greek tragedy. D. Polyphonic was rejected by the members of the Florentine Camerata because different words sounding simultaneously would obscure the text.

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B. The members of the Florentine Camerata based their theories on actual dramatic music that had come down to them from the Greeks.

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The first opera house in Europe to offer entry to anyone with the price of admission opened in 1637 in

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Venice

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

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Euridice

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The stage machinery of baroque opera

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bordered on the colossal

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