Classical Baroque period questions with 100% correct answers 2023 passed

Classical Baroque periodWhat is the approximate date range of the Baroque period of music? - correct answer What Italian word does the word "Baroque" come from? - correct answer misshapen pearl What are terraced Dynamics? - correct answer multiple volume levels within a composition What does the continuo consist of? - correct answer harpsichord sounding the cords and a viola da gamba reinforcing the bass line What is recitative? - correct answer singing in more of spoken style. (row row row your boat) What is a motive? - correct answer short memorable segment of music that the piece is based on What is a fugue? - correct answer overlapping independent music lines that come to form a piece. Who was the German composer that elevated the fugue to its highest level of perfection? - correct answer Bach Jean- Philippe Rameau helped to shift Baroque composition from melody only to a greater emphasis on Chords and harmony. What was the name of the publication that accomplished this? - correct answer treatise on Harmony What is Baroque Concerto? - correct answer solo parts alternated with a group of instruments. What is the name of the famous violin concerto, written by Vivaldi into four parts? - correct answer Four seasons