Baroque Music
1. When did musicians compose and play Baroque music?
(Around 300 years ago, from about 1600 to 1750)
2. Instead of piano, what keyboard instruments were used in Baroque music?
(Organ and Harpsichord)
3. Who is the most important Baroque music composer?
(Johann Sebastian Bach from Germany)
4. Any important Baroque composer from France?
(Jean-Philippe Rameau)
5. Other famous Baroque composers?
(Handel, Vivaldi)
6. What are some characteristics of Baroque music?
(ornaments, “layered” melody)
7. What does the word ornament mean in Baroque music?
(Added notes to “decorate” the main note)
8. What type of music did Baroque musicians compose?
(Fugue, Suite)
9. What is a fugue? suite?
(Fugue: music in which the main melody is repeatedly “layered” in different voices
Suite: a group of pieces, usually dance music)
10. What are some common Baroque dance music in a keyboard suite?
(Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue)