Multiple Choice Questions

A chorale prelude:
  • is a work for organ.introduces the chorale to be sung by the congregation.displays the virtuosity of the organist.
  • an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work
  • expanded into professional performance careers including opera
  • written by Martin Luther.
The opening movement of Bach's cantata A Mighty Fortress Is Our God is best described as:
  • vigorous rhythm
  • improvisation.
  • a chorale fugue.
  • an overture.
All of the following characterize Baroque musical style EXCEPT:
  • the second to top voice, or alto
  • harmonies built on the early church modes.
  • The Four Seasons
  • the castrato.
In which voice is the subject first heard in Contrapunctus I from The Art of Fugue?
  • The Well Tempered Clavier.
  • the second to top voice, or alto
  • cello and harpsichord
  • the development of opera.
The opening movement of Spring from The Four Seasons features _____
  • major-minor.
  • the ripieno.
  • the concertino
  • ritornello form.
Which was NOT an important keyboard instrument in the Baroque?
  • madrigal.
  • the piano
  • the harpsichord.
  • the oratorio.
The prelude originated in improvisation on keyboard instruments. T/F
  • True
  • False
  • six
  • Baroque era.
Who is best viewed as the first master of opera?
  • the ripieno.
  • Monteverdi
  • Henry Purcell.
  • the oratorio.
It was through the musical innovations of the _____ that opera was born.
  • over a ground bass.
  • Virgil's The Aeneid
  • The Well Tempered Clavier.
  • Florentine Camerata
The clavichord was a popular instrument for the home. T/F
  • Martin Luther.
  • True
  • False
  • prelude
After the fugue subject is stated, the second entrance of the subject is called the:
  • False
  • binary
  • madrigal.
  • answer.
Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas was composed for:
  • an age of freedom and democracy
  • a girl's school production.
  • Greek mythology.
  • written by Martin Luther.
In the field of keyboard music, Bach's most important collection was:
  • The Well Tempered Clavier
  • Florentine Camerata
  • The Well Tempered Clavier.
  • "Hallelujah Chorus."
Vivaldi lived and worked in:
  • Venice.
  • False
  • Monteverdi
  • Bach
The text of an opera is called:
  • the libretto.
  • counterpoint
  • the violin.
  • a madrigal.
Women's roles in Baroque music:
  • an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work
  • an oratorio.
  • expanded into professional performance careers including opera
  • solo concerto.concerto grosso.
Water Music by Handel is best described as a:
  • answer.
  • masque.
  • suite.
  • False
The Baroque period was the first in which instrumental music was comparable in importance to vocal music. T/F
  • True
  • ritornello form.
  • a chorale fugue.
  • Vivaldi
The English type of entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance was called:
  • masque.
  • Baroque era.
  • False
  • answer.
Which two instruments would most likely have played the basso continuo in the Baroque era?
  • elaborate scenery
  • The Four Seasons
  • cello and harpsichord
  • the concerto.
A system of slightly adjusting the tuning of intervals within the octave, thus making it possible to play in every major and minor key, was called:
  • ritornello form.
  • equal temperament
  • The Well Tempered Clavier
  • a chorale fugue.
The famous choral climax in Part II of Handel's Messiah is:
  • written by Martin Luther.
  • Virgil's The Aeneid
  • "Hallelujah Chorus."
  • The Four Seasons
Late in life, Handel turned his efforts from the opera to:
  • a chorale fugue.
  • the oratorio.
  • the castrato.
  • the concertino
In a fugue, the areas of relaxation where the subject is not heard are called:
  • episodes.
  • madrigal.
  • improvisation.
  • masque.
Bach's chorale prelude A Mighty Fortress Is Our God is based on a well known Lutheran chorale tune. T/F
  • True
  • masque.
  • False
  • fugue
During the Baroque era, some boy singers were castrated to preserve the high register of their voices, allowing them to sing high pitched operatic roles. T/F
  • False
  • fugue
  • True
  • prelude
A drama that is sung is called:
  • an aria.
  • major-minor.
  • a madrigal.
  • an overture.
Vivaldi's solo concertos typically had four movements. T/F
  • episodes.
  • True
  • False
  • answer.
Johann Sebastian Bach lived a short, unhappy life and had no children. T/F
  • monody
  • False
  • True
  • Bach
The ideas and music of the Florentine Camerata led the way directly toward:
  • "Hallelujah Chorus."
  • written by Martin Luther.
  • the violin.
  • the development of opera.
The opening section of a fugue, in which all voices introduce the subject successively, is called the:
  • exposition.
  • diminution.
  • improvisation.
  • Baroque era.
Amateur music making at home was popular during the Baroque era. T/F
  • masque.
  • prelude
  • False
  • True
Which best describes the relentless beat and regular accent of later Baroque music?
  • Virgil's The Aeneid
  • the concerto.
  • vigorous rhythm
  • The Four Seasons
The approximate dates of the Baroque period are:
  • the oratorio.
  • madrigal.
  • figured bass.
  • 1600-1750.
The Hornpipe from Handel's Water Music is in A-B-A form. T/F
  • an age of freedom and democracy
  • False
  • True
  • tarantella
The sacred cantata was an integral part of the:
  • major-minor.
  • French overture.
  • Lutheran church.
  • the libretto.
Dido's Lament from Purcell's opera Dido and Aenaes is composed:
  • Greek mythology.
  • Florentine Camerata
  • over a ground bass.
  • The Art of Fugue.
George Frideric Handel was considered a master of:
  • counterpoint
  • the oratorio.
  • Lutheran church.
  • an oratorio.
At the beginning of a fugue, the countersubject is stated alone. T/F
  • the harpsichord.
  • False
  • True
  • answer.
The introduction of monody in music represented a major shift in texture from:
  • written by Martin Luther.
  • Florentine Camerata
  • the second to top voice, or alto
  • polyphonic to homophonic.
Baroque composers, like their Renaissance counterparts, generally did not specify instrumentation. T/F
  • episodes.
  • answer.
  • True
  • False
Handel's Water Music was performed without continuo instruments when played outdoors. T/F
  • four
  • True
  • masque.
  • False
Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on:
  • The Four Seasons
  • a chorale fugue.
  • the organ.
  • the violin.
A keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills is:
  • the piano
  • the harpsichord.
  • the violin.
  • The Art of Fugue.
Which of the following does NOT characterize the Baroque era?
  • written by Martin Luther.
  • as servants to royalty or nobilityas members of the churchas employees of a free city
  • The Art of Fugue.
  • an age of freedom and democracy
The three main keyboard instruments of the Baroque were the harpsichord, organ, and piano. T/F
  • False
  • the concerto.
  • True
  • exposition.
Antonio Vivaldi became known as "the red priest" because of his fanatical religious beliefs. T/F
  • Vivaldi
  • equal temperament
  • Bach
  • False
During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach was primarily known as a great organist. T/F
  • monody
  • ritornello form.
  • Bach
  • True
Handel's Water Music opens with a:
  • French overture.
  • an overture.
  • elaborate scenery
  • True
John Milton's Paradise Lost is an epic poem expressing the views of:
  • Virgil's The Aeneid
  • Protestantism
  • an overture.
  • Baroque era.
A fugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a single subject is the focal point, thus unifying the work. T/F
  • True
  • four
  • masque.
  • False
Which best describes how Baroque musicians made a living?
  • The Four Seasons
  • as servants to royalty or nobilityas members of the churchas employees of a free city
  • the oratorio.
  • is a work for organ.introduces the chorale to be sung by the congregation.displays the virtuosity of the organist.
During his lifetime, Bach held the position of:
  • the ripieno.
  • Bach
  • the concertino
  • -cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig.-court organist and chamber musician to the duke of Weimar.-court musician to the prince of Anhalt-Cthen.
Which of the following dance types was NOT standard in a Baroque suite?
  • madrigal.
  • The Well Tempered Clavier
  • tarantella
  • an age of freedom and democracy
Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?
  • True
  • Monteverdi
  • Bach
  • monody
The greatest native English composer of the Baroque was:
  • False
  • Henry Purcell.
  • Vivaldi
  • Monteverdi
The artificially created male soprano or alto who dominated opera was known as:
  • the oratorio.
  • the concerto.
  • the castrato.
  • an overture.
The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called:
  • the violin.
  • Baroque era.
  • prelude
  • madrigal.
The group of early Baroque writers, artists, and musicians whose aim was to resurrect the musical drama of ancient Greece was known as:
  • Florentine Camerata
  • a chorale fugue.
  • the ripieno.
  • the Florentine Camerata.
The instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar masses of sound is called:
  • an overture.
  • the concerto.
  • Baroque era.
  • the libretto.
The chorale tune A Mighty Fortress Is Our God was:
  • the development of opera.
  • written by Martin Luther.
  • polyphonic to homophonic.
  • The Well Tempered Clavier.
Handel wrote his oratorio Messiah over a period of four years. T/F
  • monody
  • -cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig.-court organist and chamber musician to the duke of Weimar.-court musician to the prince of Anhalt-Cthen.
  • False
  • Venice.
The chorale is a type of hymn tune created by:
  • Martin Luther.
  • the violin.
  • Greek mythology.
  • major-minor.
The primary tonality used during the Baroque was:
  • Martin Luther.
  • the harpsichord.
  • the libretto.
  • major-minor.
The earliest operas took their plots from:
  • major-minor.
  • The Art of Fugue.
  • elaborate scenery
  • Greek mythology.
On which epic poem was Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas based?
  • Virgil's The Aeneid
  • "Hallelujah Chorus."
  • the second to top voice, or alto
  • elaborate scenery
What is the principal element of a fugue?
  • the oratorio.
  • counterpoint
  • The Four Seasons
  • Martin Luther.
The Baroque era witnessed the appearance of the:
  • solo concerto.concerto grosso.
  • polyphonic to homophonic.
  • "Hallelujah Chorus."
  • Lutheran church.
The solo group in a concerto grosso is called:
  • the concertino
  • Lutheran church.
  • ritornello form.
  • the oratorio.
The new Baroque style of vocal music for one singer with instrumental accompaniment was known as monophony. T/F
  • False
  • madrigal.
  • figured bass.
  • True
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