Baroque Terms
Bach Trivia
Handel Trivia
Female Studies
Baroque Instruments
100

What does the term 'Baroque' mean to a certain object?

What is 'irregular' especially pearls?

100

What was J.S. Bach's full name?

Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?

100

What is Handel's nationality? 

What is German?

100

Which Baroque female composer wrote more secular music than any other composer?

Who is Barbara Strozzi?
100

Which Baroque Instrument has to change their sections in order to change its Hz and Sound?

What is the Baroque flute?

200

What is Empfindsamer Stil?

What is the 'sensitive style?'

200

How many kids did Bach have all together?

What is twenty?

200

What instrument did Handel practice in secret that he kept from his dad?

What is the violin?

200

What musical innovation is the Caccini family most associated with?

What is monody?

200

True to false: Baroque trumpets can play a whole scale pattern

What is false?

(They don't have enough valves)

300

What is notes inégales?

What is 'unequal notes'?

300

True or false: Bach wrote his own texts for his operas?

What is false?

300

What kind of work did Handel compose during his time in Rome?

What is oratorios and Cantatas?

300

What is Francesca Caccini known for?

What is writing the first opera written by a woman?

300

Before WWII, what were violin strings made of?

What are gut strings?

400

What are the four pillar movements of a dance suite in order?

What is the Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, and Gigue?

400

Who is known as the “London Bach”?

Who is Johann Christian Bach?

400

What two important works that Handel is known for today?

What is the "Messiah" and "Water works?"

400

How did Isabella Leonarda navigate practical issues like the absence of male voices in the convent?

What is instrumentation or transposing up?

400

Why did violin makers change the neck of the violin?

Is it because... the baroque neck was thicker, making it hard for the fingers to press on the finger board but also to reach higher positions?

500

Which institute was located in Venice and gave musical education to orphans, with one of their employees known for playing the violin?

What was the Ospedale della Pietà?

500

What is the  Anna Magdalena Bach? 

What is the book that talked about Bachs domestic household and was used as a teaching tool for his family?

500

How many days did it take for Handel to write "Messiah?"

What is 24 days?

500

Name the baroque composer who had more than 350 names on her subscription lists.

Who is Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre?

500

How many strings does a viola da gamba usually have?

What is Seven?