Baroque A
When did the Baroque period begin?
1600
When did the Baroque Period end?
1750
Term for speed of music?
Tempo
Term for how loud/soft music is
dynamics
Which period preceded the Baroque?
The Renaissance
Name a baroque composer
Bach, Vivaldi, Purcell, Scarlatti, Handel, Telemann
Name a Baroque composer
Bach, Vivaldi, Purcell, Scarlatti, Handel, Telemann
What is rhythm?
a pattern of sound and silence
Which composer wrote "The Four Seasons"?
Antonio Vivaldi
What does "baroque" mean?
Bizarre
Who were the two giants of the Baroque Period?
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frederic Handel
Name the piano looking Baroque instrument we learned about in class
The clavichord
Describe mezzo forte
kind of loud
What music consists of "one sound"?
Monophonic
what do you call the person who hires the artist?
a patron ; or commissioner
Are Baroque melodies easy to replicate and play?
What composer wrote the Messiah?
Handel
what is the quietest dynamic marking in music?
Pianississimo (ppp)
Order these from slowest to fastest moderato, allegro, presto, adagio
Adagio, Moderato, Allegro, Presto
What baroque instrument did the modern day piano replace?
the harpsichord
The baroque period launched the start of the _______________. (hint: people playing instruments together)
orchestra
How many children did Johann Bach have?
20
What effect are you creating when you play on the offbeats?
Syncopation
Give the four families of the orchestra
Strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion
Baroque music sounded bizarre because it had more _____________ in it compared to Renaissance music.
emotion