Unit 3 review

What are the approximate dates of the Baroque era?

• 1475-1600

• 1750-1820

• 1600-1750

• 1500-1650

The idea that different musical moods could and should be used to influence the emotions of the listener is known as:​

• Doctrine of Affections

• Enlightenment

• Humanism

• Counter Reformation

• Baroque

The dramatic text that composers set to music in an opera, oratorio, or cantata is called:

• toccata

• libretto

• monody

• arioso

• ostinato

What is the term for a small ensemble that furnishes a foundation for the melody or melodies of a composition, requires at least two instrumentalists, and occurs almost exclusively in Baroque music?​

• figured bass

• basso ostinato

• basso continuo

• canon

• counterpoint

What is the numerical shorthand in music that tells the player which unwritten notes to fill in above the written bass note?​

• ostinato

• basso continuo

• figured bass

• recitative

• basso ostinato

Why is Orfeo significant in the history of European music?​

• it is the first time instruments were used to accompany singing

• it's Bach's only opera

• it was the first composition distributed to a mass market by the printing press

• first true example of European opera

• it is the first composition based upon a mythological subject

Musically heightened speech that relates the action or dramatic narrative to the audience is called __________. The text is usually in prose rather than poetic meter and the musical setting mirrors the natural rhythms of everyday speech.​

• ritornello

• aria

• libretto

• recitative

• cantata

Which composer has been called the “greatest of all English composers,” a title to which only the pop songwriter Paul McCartney can plausibly challenge.​

• Handel

• Purcell

• Pachelbel

• Perotinus

• Monterverdi

Which term is synonymous with “Ground bass”?​

• basso ostinato

• basso continuo

• walking bass

• Alberto bass

• ostinato

What was the size of a typical orchestra during the Baroque era?

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

• more than 100