Baroque Music(questions and answers)graded A+ 2023/2024

Baroque MusicStatements that describe the basso continuo - correct answer -the basso continuo has the effect of emphasizing the bass part -the keyboard player improvises chords following written numbers above the bass part -the basso continuo is usually played with a keyboard instrument such as a cello or bassoon True or false: Tone color was the most important element for composers of baroque music - correct answer False Whats a movement in musical composition? - correct answer a piece that sounds fairly complete and independent and is part of a larger composition The two composers who are generally considered the greatest composers of the baroque period - correct answer -George Frideric Handel -Johann Sebastian Bach why is the accompaniment played by the harpsichord called a figured bass? - correct answer the notation for the bass part uses numbers to indicate the bass chords that should form part of the accompaniment The baroque trumpet had? - correct answer no valves Early italian composers created _______, which is a drama sung to orchestral accompaniment. - correct answer opera a melody in one voice will frequently be _______ in another voice in a baroque composition. - correct answer imitated generally, how are rhythmic patterns used in a baroque piece? - correct answer they start the piece and are repeated throughout what are characteristics of melody that are typical in baroque music - correct answer -the melody creates a feeling of continuity -the opening melody is heard again and again -the melody has a constant character, even with varied form what baroque keyboard instruments had characteristics well suited for continuity of dynamics? - correct answer organ and harpsichord how does the baroque composer Handel generally utilize the parameter of texture in his compositions - correct answer he used the contrast between polyphonic and homophonic sections what best describes the makeup of the baroque orchestra - correct answer instruments of the violin family with basso continuo during which baroque phase did the baroque style spread to every corner of europe - correct answer middle () in polyphonic baroque music, what are the most important voices? - correct answer the soprano and bass lines descriptions that are true of a baroque music director at the court of an aristocrat - correct answer -received relatively high pay for a musician -had the status of a servant -was expected to produce new compositions for a wide variety of events composers of which nationality were held in high regard and paid more than others during the baroque period? - correct answer italian characteristics of musicians in baroque society - correct answer -towns employed musicians to play in churches and for such events as processions -italian music schools were connected with orphanages