Once called Saxony, this is the birth place of Bach.
What is Germany?
100
The word meaning "bad taste" or "elaborate, ornamental."
What is baroque?
100
During the performance of this song, it is a tradition to stand.
What is The Hallelujah Chorus?
100
I was known as the "Red Priest."
Who is Vivaldi?
100
This keyboard instrument has strings that are plucked and was the predecessor of the piano.
What is the harpsichord?
200
"Bach" became another word for this.
What is musician?
200
This style of music became more popular at the end of the Baroque period and into the classical period.
What is homophony?
200
Handel's parents wanted him to study this instead of music.
What is law?
200
I am the developer of sonata form.
Who is Corelli?
200
Polyphonic composition in which a theme or themes are stated successfully in all the voices of the contrapunctal style. Hint: Bach wrote many of these!
What is fugue?
300
The way Bach signed his compositions.
What is Soli de Gloria (For the glory of God alone)?
300
The years of the Baroque period.
What is 1600-1750?
300
Handel secretly taught himself to play this instrument.
What is the harpsichord?
300
I standardized concerto grosso form.
Who is Vivaldi?
300
A theatrical work, in multiple acts, that is set to music. Often it has elaborate costumes and backgrounds.
What is opera?
400
As Bach got older, this formerly popular style of composition became old-fashioned.
What is polyphony?
400
This was a development during the Baroque period in which the bass line was written out in numbers.
What is figured bass or basso continuo?
400
King Geroge I was angry with Handel until he wrote this piece for him.
What is Water Music?
400
This composer's major contributuion to music was how he wrote instrumental parts that did not double the vocal lines in opera, making the opera more interesting.
Who is Monteverdi?
400
This form of music is written in ternary form (3 parts) with a exposition, development, and recapitiulation.
What is sonata form?
500
One of Bach's major contributions to music was his development of this scale.
What is well-tempered?
500
This composer died when a wooden stick that he used for conducting went through his foot.
Who is Lully?
500
In the last years of his life, Handel wrote this piece in honor of the ending of a war in Europe.
What is Music for the Royal Fireworks?
500
This composer wrote the 1st German opera.
Who is Heinrich Schutz?
500
This syle of composition was written for a small group of instrumental spoloists and an orchestra.