Baroque Music

Who were the two main composers of the Baroque Period?

• Franz Schubert and

  Peter Tchaikovsky

• Johann Sebastian Bach

  and

  George Frideric Handel

• John Williams

  and

  Danny Elfman

• Franz Joseph Haydn

  and

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Baroque Period happened between the years __________

The two groups who could afford to hire musicians during the Baroque Period

• Senators

  and

  Congressmen

• Judges

  and

  Police Officers

• The wealthy

  and

  The Church

• Lawyers

  and

  Doctors

During the Baroque Period, musicians belonged to the ________ class.

The first type of music invented for the everyday person to hear live music was

• Opera

• Bluegrass

• Reggae

• Ska

Match the following

• One instrument echoes what another instrument played.

• Imitation

• Music that sounds as though someone important was entering the room.

• Driving Rhythm

• The speed of the beat stayed steady.

• A regal, majestic quality

• Extra notes added to the music.

• Decorations and embellishments

Where were all the new musical ideas coming from? Where were people willing to travel to learn these new ideas? (same answer)

The new performing group that came to be during the Baroque?

• The Barbershop Quartet

• The Boy Band

• The Orchestra

• The Brass Quartet

The musical form where an orchestra played with an instrumental soloist who showed amazing musical skills.

• Continuo

• Rondo

• Lento

• Concerto

When the soloist takes the original melody and adds extra notes, that is called _____________