Baroque Basics
These are the approximate years of the Baroque period.
What is 1600-1750?
This Italian composer was nicknamed "The Red Priest" because of his red hair.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This keyboard instrument is the main instrument of the Baroque orchestra.
What is a harpsichord?
This ornament is written as "tr" with a wavy line, meaning to rapidly alternate between the main note and the note just above it.
What is a trill?
This family of instruments made up most of the Baroque orchestra.
What are strings?
This era where Bach, Handel and Vivaldi were composers.
Baroque?
This German composer worked as a cantor, or church music director, in the city of Leipzig.
Who is J.S. Bach?
This running bass-and-harmony part was usually played by harpsichord plus cello.
What is basso continuo?
This small "grace" note leans into the main note, borrowing part of its time before resolving.
What is an appoggiatura?
Wrote Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
Who is Bach?
This quality of pulse, which rarely speeds up or slows down, is a hallmark of Baroque rhythm.
What is a steady beat?
This composer was born in Germany but spent much of his career working in England.
Who is G.F. Handel?
This type of piece features a solo instrument, or small group, contrasted with a full orchestra.
What is a concerto?
This ornament is a quick decorative pattern that curls, or "turns," around the main note.
What is a turn?
Wrote Messiah
Who is Handel?
In music history, all music is ______!
What is cyclical?
This composer wrote an enormous amount of music -- over 1,000 works in his lifetime.
Who is J.S. Bach?
This job title, held by J.S. Bach.
What is a cantor?
Of the trill, turn, and appoggiatura, this is the only one that is a whole extra note by itself, not just a symbol placed above a note.
What is the appoggiatura?
Wrote The Four Seasons
Who is Vivaldi?
This term describes Baroque music's sudden shifts between loud and soft, instead of a gradual crescendo.
What are terraced dynamics?
Where Antonio Vivaldi spent a majority of his life teacing.
What is an orphanage?
A large work that was created in the Baroque period that combined drama and music.
What is opera?
This is the general name for decorative notes and symbols -- like trills, turns, and appoggiaturas -- that Baroque composers added to make melodies more expressive.
What are ornaments?
Besides the harpsichord, this string instrument anchored the harmony in the basso continuo group.ach, means a music director for a church.
What is the cello?