Baroque & Classical Music Terms
Baroque Terms
Classical Terms
Baroque Composers
Classical Composers
100
A continuous bass line.
What is basso continuo?
100
This instrument was an ancestor to the piano.
What is the harpsichord?
100
The man who developed basso continuo & wrote "L'Orfeo" (the first opera).
Who is Monteverdi?
100
This Austrian composer was called the Father of the Symphony.
Who is Haydn?
200
A play that is entirely set to music with secular subject matter.
What is an opera?
200
The Baroque era was named with a word that translate to this in English because critics were making fun of how fancy and decorated the musical style was.
What is "misshapen pearl"?
200
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What is sonata-allegro form?
200
This Italian composer & violinist was best known for the composition called 'The Four Seasons'.
Who is Vivaldi?
200
This child prodigy wrote over 600 pieces of music, but died deeply in debt due to leading a lavish lifestyle.
Who is Mozart?
300
A play set entirely to music with sacred subject matter and no staging.
What is an oratorio?
300
These types of compositions have 1 or 2 themes that are repeated by every part and are developed so each part intertwines with the others.
What is a fugue?
300
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What is rondo form?
300
This man wrote over 1,100 pieces of music and was called the master of the fugue.
Who is Bach?
300
This composer was known for setting romantic German poetry to music.
Who is Schubert?
400
A piece during which a character in an opera or oratorio sings about his or her emotions.
What is an aria?
400
These were pieces of music written for a solo instrument and an orchestra.
What is a concerto?
400
A large, 4-movement piece of music written for orchestra or band.
What is a symphony?
400
This man was best known for his operas & oratorios. His most famous one was called 'The Messiah'.
Who is Handel?
400
This German composer began losing his hearing at age 26, but continued to compose some of the most beautiful pieces of classical music in the world.
Who is Beethoven?
500
The speech-like singing in opera and oratorios that helps move the storyline along.
What is recitative?
500
These compositions are written for one instrument or one instrument with another accompanying.
What is a sonata?
500
The three sections of sonata-allegro form.
What is exposition, development, & recapitulation?
500
The most recognized song from 'The Messiah'.
What is 'The Hallelujah Chorus'?
500
Name two compositions by either Mozart, Schubert, or Beethoven.
What is The Marriage of Figaro/Don Giovanni/The Magic Flute? (Mozart) What is The Elfking & Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel? (Schubert) What is Moonlight Sonata, the 5th Symphony, & the 9th Symphony? (Beethoven)
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