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Music History – Questions – Unit IV (Part 2) – Baroque
1. Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ________
performers.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
---------------------------------------------------------------2. The sonata in the baroque period was a
composition in several movements for
A. a solo instrument
B. three solo instruments
C. two to four instruments
D. one to eight instruments
---------------------------------------------------------------3. Corelli's Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 10, is
scored for
A. two violins
B. solo violin and orchestra
C. two violins and basso continuo
D. piano, violin and cello
---------------------------------------------------------------4. Characteristic of baroque trio sonatas, the second
movement of Corelli's Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op. 3,
No. 10, is
A. slow and dignified
B. songlike
C. fuguelike
D. a dance
---------------------------------------------------------------5. The abbreviation op. stands for opus, Latin for
A. a cartoon character
B. Spring
C. work
D. opulent
---------------------------------------------------------------6. Vivaldi is closely identified with the musical life
of
A. Rome
B. Venice
C. Florence
D. Cremona
---------------------------------------------------------------7. Vivaldi wrote approximately ____________
concertos.
A. 10
B. 30
C. 95
D. 450
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8. Vivaldi wrote concertos
A. only for string instruments
B. only for violins with continuo
C. for a great variety of instruments
D. only for keyboard instruments
---------------------------------------------------------------9. Vivaldi was famous and influential as a virtuoso
A. harpsichordist
B. opera singer
C. lutenist
D. violinist
---------------------------------------------------------------10. A Vivaldi concerto usually has ________
movements.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. a variable number of
---------------------------------------------------------------11. Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions
by using
A. homophonic texture
B. musical symbolism
C. an insistent rhythmic drive
D. simple melodic ideas
---------------------------------------------------------------12. Of Bach's twenty children, ____________ went
on to become well-known composers.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
---------------------------------------------------------------13. Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form
except the
A. opera
B. concerto
C. fugue
D. sonata
---------------------------------------------------------------14. Bach's personal music style was drawn from
A. Italian concertos
B. French dance pieces
C. German church music
D. all of the above
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15. Bach was recognized as the most eminent
___________ of his day.
A. organist
B. composer
C. violinist
D. cellist
---------------------------------------------------------------16. Baroque suites frequently begin with a
A. French overture
B. gavotte
C. gigue
D. sarabande
---------------------------------------------------------------17. Although all the movements of a baroque suite
are written in the same key, they differ in
A. meter
B. national origin
C. tempo
D. all of the above
---------------------------------------------------------------18. Which of the following is not a part of the
baroque suite?
A. allemande
B. waltz
C. sarabande
D. gigue
---------------------------------------------------------------19. The various dances of the baroque suite are
usually
A. polyphonic in texture
B. in theme and variation form
C. in AABB form
D. in ABA form
---------------------------------------------------------------20. The French overture has
A. two sections: slow-fast
B. two sections: fast-slow
C. three sections: fast-slow-fast
D. one continuous section
---------------------------------------------------------------21. The ___________ is an instrumental composition
based on a chorale.
A. cantata
B. solo concerto
C. chorale prelude
D. French overture
---------------------------------------------------------------22. In Bach's day, the Lutheran church service lasted
about _____ hour(s).
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
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23. The _______ is a Lutheran congregational hymn
tune.
A. cantata
B. chorale
C. chorale prelude
D. recitative
---------------------------------------------------------------24. In their use of aria, duet, and recitative, Bach's
cantatas closely resembled the _______ of the time.
A. suites
B. operas
C. concertos
D. sonatas
---------------------------------------------------------------25. A sung piece, or choral work with or without
vocal soloists, usually with orchestral
accompaniment, is the
A. cantata
B. chorale prelude
C. concerto grosso
D. sonata
---------------------------------------------------------------26. Oratorios first appeared in
A. Germany
B. England
C. Italy
D. France
---------------------------------------------------------------27. The first oratorios were based on
A. Greek mythology
B. contemporary literature
C. Greek and Roman literature
D. stories from the Bible
---------------------------------------------------------------28. Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no
A. orchestral accompaniment
B. acting, scenery, or costumes
C. choral parts
D. vocal soloists
---------------------------------------------------------------29. In oratorio, the story is carried forward by the
A. arias
B. chorus
C. narrator's recitatives
D. duets
---------------------------------------------------------------30. An element of the oratorio that is especially
important and serves to comment on or participate in
the drama is the
A. narrator
B. chorus
C. orchestra
D. vocal soloist
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31. George Frideric Handel was born in 1685, the
same year as
A. Johann Sebastian Bach
B. Arcangelo Corelli
C. Claudio Monteverdi
D. Antonio Vivaldi
---------------------------------------------------------------32. Although Handel wrote a great deal of
instrumental music, the core of his huge output
consists of English oratorios and Italian
A. operas
B. songs
C. chorales
D. madrigals
---------------------------------------------------------------33. Handel's oratorios are usually based on
A. the Old Testament
B. Greek mythology
C. the New Testament
D. Roman history
---------------------------------------------------------------34. In addition to being a composer and opera
impresario, Handel was a virtuoso
A. violinist
B. organist
C. cellist
D. trumpeter
---------------------------------------------------------------35. Handel's Messiah is an example of
A. an oratorio
B. an opera
C. musical theater
D. a song
---------------------------------------------------------------36. Handel spent the major portion of his life in
A. Germany
B. England
C. Italy
D. Ireland
---------------------------------------------------------------37. Which of the following oratorios is not by
Handel?
A. Messiah
B. Elijah
C. Israel in Egypt
D. Joshua
---------------------------------------------------------------38. The focus of a Handel oratorio is usually the
A. soprano soloist
B. chorus
C. orchestra
D. conductor