MUSIC 9

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

• 1450-1600

• 1600-1750

• 1750-1820

• 1820-1900

Terraced dynamics refers to

• the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another

• a gradual change from soft to loud

• dynamics that are not written in the music but added by the performer

• a gradual change from loud to soft

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

• Accordion

• Piano

• Clavichord

• harpsichord

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

• Counterpoint

• basso continuo

• harpsichord

• basso profoundo

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

• Four

• Three

• One

• Two

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

• Aria

• Overture

• Oratorio

• Opera

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

• Recitative

• Aria

• Ensemble

• Duet

Which of the following is not a part of the baroque suite?

• Gigue

• Sarabande

• Allemande

• Waltz

The first oratorios were based on

• Greek and Roman literature

• Greek mythology

• stories from the Bible

• contemporary literature

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Early baroque composers favored homophonic texture over the polyphonic texture typical of Renaissance music.

• Regardless of form, baroque music features contrast between bodies of sound.

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

• Baroque art is a complex mixture of rationalism, sensuality, materialism, and spirituality.