Baroque Facts
Baroque Innovations
The Baroque World
Baroque Composition
Musical Terms
100

A philosophical position regarding the purpose of music.

Doctrine of Affections

100

Baroque art is:

Dramatic, Emotional, flamboyant

100

Which Countries lead the artistic output during the Baroque?

England, France, Germany, Italy

100

A manner of writing in which a melodic line was supported by a very simple chordal accompaniment is called _

Monody

100

A change of key from one tonal center to another is called___________________.

Modulation

200

Which compositional genres are found in the Baroque era?

Opera, Oratorio, Concerto (Grosso)

200

In Monteverdi's first operatic masterpiece, he innovated the following elements:

Recitative, Aria, Dance Songs & Chorus

200

The Baroque Era is the "Age of ________________"

Reason

200

A compositional technique that allows music to convey the moods and meaning of a text is called:

Word Painting

200

In the ________________________, musical formulae were devised to evoke particular emotions...calculated and planned emotional music.

Doctrine of Affections

300

England's most famous Baroque Composer is______

Henry Purcell

300

Combined music, literature, painting, architecture & sculpture

"Dramma per musica"

300

The Renaissance brought stabiltiy and rationality channeled through the arts,  but the Baroque era brought ____________ through the arts.

Passion & Emotions

300

In the Baroque period the modal system shifted to the more complex ________________ system.

Major-minor Tonal System

300

The element of opera structure that allows the character to share their feelings is known as ________________.

Aria

400

The Greatest Early Baroque Italian Composer was ________

Claudio Monteverdi

400

How many operas did Henry Purcell compose?

one

400

The paintings of Rembrandt include:

Dramatic gestures, vivid expressions, and a polished finish

400

Monteverdi's First Operatic Masterpiece, debuted in 1607 in Mantua was called ___

Orfeo

400

The Baroque genre that presents characters (soloists), chorus, and orchestra, in a story, sung throughout with staging, costumes and dramatic action is known as

Opera

500

The Baroque artist and founder of Modern Violin Technique is_____

Arcangello Corelli

500

The genre which uses a group of three soloists in contrast to a larger mass of orchestral sound is known as ___________.

Concerto Grosso

500

Emerging in the Baroque period was Rene Descartes, _______

Father of Modern Philosophy

500

Which early Baroque genre allowed instrumental soloists to develop thematic material with technical virtuosity?

Concerto Grosso

500

The Baroque genre that presents characters (soloists), chorus, and orchestra, in a biblical story, sung throughout without staging, costumes or dramatic action is known as __________________________ .

Oratorio