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(T/F) Baroque composers of instrumental music were set back by changes in instrumental styles and techniques during the Renaissance.
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False
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(T/F) The Baroque period was the first time that instrumental music became virtually equal, both in quantity and quality, with vocal music
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True
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All of the following were characteristic of Baroque music except
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- Renaissance forms continued to be used.
-a number of new instrumental forms and styles appeared. - keyboard music increased in variety and in quantity. X the lute continued to increase in popularity and importance. |
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During the Baroque era, the __________ replaced the lute in popularity, and many lute pieces were played on this instrument instead.
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harpsichord
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The __________ had the ability to produce a variety of timbres, dynamic levels, and pitches, making it suitable for the Baroque taste for drama and contrast
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organ
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A distinctive feature of Baroque music was the abrupt change of dynamic levels called __________ dynamics.
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terraced
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The organist was able to achieve terraced dynamics and various sonorities by using any of the following methods except
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-changing stops.
-moving from one keyboard to another. - adding or subtracting the number of voices. X covering the pipes with dampers. |
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(T/F) Although more pedals and different stops have been added, the organ has not been "improved" upon since the early eighteenth century.
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TRUE
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The __________ is an imitative polyphonic composition with three to five melodic lines or "voices."
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fugue
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(T/F) Since the fugue was originally developed on keyboard instruments, it was never successfully adapted for other instrumental or vocal combinations.
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FALSE
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The fugue entrances alternate between the tonic and dominant keys, with those in the dominant called the
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answer.
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The opening section of a fugue, in which the subject entrances are stated, is called the
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exposition.
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A __________ is a relatively short keyboard piece which may be an independent composition or an introduction to another piece or set of pieces.
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prelude
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(T/F)Preludes were often paired with more structured works such as the toccata during the late Baroque period.
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False
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One of Bach's greatest legacies was a set of two volumes of twenty-four preludes and fugues called the __________, which included one prelude and fugue in each major and minor key.
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Well-Tempered Clavier
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(T/F) In music, the term well-tempered refers to a method of tuning keyboard instruments.
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TRUE
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The German word clavier is a general term for
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keyboard
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A religious keyboard composition based upon the melody of a Lutheran chorale is a chorale
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prelude
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A __________, or "touch piece," is a showy keyboard piece that exploits the technical brilliance or virtuosity of the performer.
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Toccato
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The toccata was frequently followed in performance by a(n)
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fugue
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A favorite melodic device of the Baroque period was the use of __________, the repetition of a melodic phrase at different levels of pitch.
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sequence
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The short sets of stylized dance pieces for lute or keyboard popular during the Renaissance were expanded in the Baroque to multimovement works consisting of several dance pieces, called
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suites
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The strong bass voice that sounded continuously throughout Baroque ensemble compositions was called the
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thoroughbass
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Nearly all Baroque music, except for solo lute and keyboard pieces, was accompanied by two or more instruments that performed the bass line and that were called the
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continuo.
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Keyboard players improvised the inner parts according to the rules of tonality, completing the triad built upon each bass note unless the composer indicated otherwise by using a system of musical shorthand called
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figured bass.
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When keyboard players improvised the completed harmonies above the figured bass, they were __________ the figured bass.
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realizing
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What types of instruments were made by the Stradivari and Guarneri families?
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violins
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(T/F) Baroque violins differed in several respects from the viols of the Renaissance; new methods of construction and new bowing techniques produced a louder sound, pleasing to the romantic taste of the Baroque music lover.
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TRUE
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The trio sonata was written on three lines of music, but it required at least __________ performers, because of the basso continuo.
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four
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__________ was famous in his own time as a virtuoso violinist and as an outstanding composer of trio sonatas.
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Corelli
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(T/F) A concerto grosso is a composition in three movements (slow-fast-slow) for a small group of solo instruments.
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FALSE
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The three movements of a concerto grosso are arranged
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fast-slow-fast.
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(T/F) The group of solo instruments in a concerto grosso is called the tutti; the larger orchestral group is called the concertino.
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FALSE
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The ________ principle of contrasting sonorities formed the basis of the Baroque concerto.
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concertato
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The most prolific composer of Baroque concertos, including solo concertos as well as concerto grossi, was
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Vivaldi.
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__________ was ordained a priest, but spent most of his life as a professional musician.
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Vivaldi
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abrupt changes of dynamic level
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terraced dynamics
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short independetn or introductory piece for keyboard
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prelude
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prelude based on a Lutheran chorale melody
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chorale prelude
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imitative polyphonic composition
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fugue
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rhapsodic, virtuosic keyboard form
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toccata
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collection of sylized dance pieces
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suite
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-the continuous, supporting bass line of a Baroque composition
-also, the instruments accompanying Baroque ensemble compositions, consisting of one or more sustaining instruments and a lute or keyboard |
basso continuo
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system of musical shorthand by which composers indicated intervals above the bass line with numbers (figures) rather than with notated pitches
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figured bass
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music for a small instrumental ensemble with one instrument per line of music
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chamber music
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In the Baroque, a multimovement composition for one or more solo insturments, accompanied by continuo
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sonata
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mixed ensemble of string, wind, and percussion instruments conceived during the Baroque
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orchestra
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multimovement composition for orchestra and one solo instrument
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solo concerto
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a multimovement composition for orchestra plus a small group of solo instruments
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concerto grosso
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-thematic section
-most often played by the orchestra, that begins a concerto movement -serves to divide the solo sections, and often returns in its original form at the end of the movement |
ritornello
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