Baroque Charecterisitcs
True or False: Baroque Music is not complicated
False
What was the most important new genre of the Baroque Era?
The Opera
Which composer wrote the "Four Seasons"
Antonio Vivaldi
What Baroque keyboardInstrument produced sound by pressurized air being driven through pipes?
Pipe Organ
What Musical period came before the Baroque Period?
The Renaissance Period
True or False: Baroque Music featured lots of contrast in its music
True
Which form primarily uses sacred text and is a large scale musical composition for instruments and voices?
Oratorio
This Baroque Composer's most famous work is an Oratorio titled Messiah
George Frederich Handel
This Baroque Instruments resembles the modern day cello or violin
The Viol
What Musical Period came directly after the Baroque Era
The Classical Period
True or False: one characteristic of Baroque music is the use of a continued bass line
True
What form is characterized by repeated sections of similar material between different parts?
Fugue
This composer wrote primarily for organ and is considered one of the best composers of all time
Johann Sebastian Bach
Difference between harpsichord and piano
Harpsichord: Pluck strings
Piano: Hammer strings
When did the Baroque Period Begin
around 1600
What baroque characteristic involves adding something to the music in order to decorate it?
Ornamentation
Identify three parts of an opera
Instrumental Overtures, Solo Arias, Recitatives, Ensemble numbers...
This composer is one that developed the opera and falls into both late Renaissance and Early Baroque Composers
Claudio Monteverdi
What Baroque Instrument resembles the modern day trombone
The Sackbut
When Did the Baroque Period End?
1750
What Baroque Characteristic can be defined as one syllable of text sung on a group of notes
Melisma
Descending bass tetrachord is known as
Lament Bass
The composer who stabbed himself in the foot and died from an infection of the injury.
Lully
What is the difference between a Pianoforte and Harpsicord?
The Pianoforte produces sound by a hammer pounding strings and a Harpsichord produces sound by plucking the strings creating a twangier timbre
Why did composers write oratorio over operas?
The Catholic Church period of Lent