What does Baroque mean?
Ornamented jewelry or Irregularly-shaped pearl
Was Baroque life MORE or LESS fancy than the Renaissance?
More
Which composer's death coincides with the end of the Baroque era?
J.S. Bach
What idea meant music is capable of arousing emotions?
Doctrine of Affections
What did deism bring about?
New Religions
How did they add musical bling?
Added ornamentation
In the late Baroque, they considered ______________ as important as homophony.
Polyphony
By adding flutes and oboes to his 24 violins, Jean-Baptiste Lully was the first to develop the modern _____________.
Orchestra
The method a keyboard player used to fill in harmonies in the orchestra is ____________.
Figured Bass or Basso Continuo
Name THREE kinds of ornamentation.
Possible answers:
trill, acciaccatura, turn, mordent, appoggiatura
What style of music is like an opera but without the theatrical elements. Usually has a sacred theme with direct words from the Bible.
Oratorio
Instrumental style of music that is passed back and forth between a small group (concertino) and large group (ripieno).
Concerto Grosso
A vocal genre that tells a story through music, libretto, acting, scenery, and costumes. Has recitative and aria.
Opera
If a flautist played a solo and was backed up by an orchestra in a 3 movement piece of music, he/she would be performing what style of music?
Solo Concerto
An instrumental genre style of music that is contrapuntal and like a round.
Fugue
What family replaced the Viol family?
Violin Family
Name FOUR wind instruments used in the Baroque.
Possible answers:
Flute, oboe, recorder, horn, trumpet, trombone, bassoon
What is the one big percussion instrument of the Baroque era?
Timpania (Kettle Drums)
What instrument has been around since the Middle Ages but met its demise in the Baroque era?
The Lute
What is the small rectangular keyboard new to us in this era? Makes soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the ends of key levers that gently press the strings.
Clavichord
Italian composer and is known as “The father of Concerto Grosso”
Corelli
His most famous composition is the oratorio “The Messiah.”
Handel
Wrote a lot of works with a Moorish/ Arabic flavour as the result of living in Portugal and Spain for long periods
D. Scarlatti
German composer that while, in the present day, Bach is generally thought of as the greater composer, he was widely renowned for his musical abilities during his lifetime.
Telemann
Spent most of his working life in the service of Louis 14th where he composed ballets and later operas.
Lully