Baroque Era question n answers graded A+ 2023

Baroque EraThe Baroque Era begins with the ___________ and ends with the death of ______________ - correct answer Opera; Bach The two leading composers of Baroque music: - correct answer Bach and Handel The term "Baroque" calls attention to: - correct answer the extravagant and bizarre qualities of music and art In the Baroque Era, music had __________, motion, ______________, and extremes - correct answer Energy; Ornamentation The arts became _________ available to the public - correct answer More Baroque composers tried to create an affect on their audiences through - correct answer the artful portrayal of emotion The main keyboard instruments of the Baroque era were the _____________ and the __________________ - correct answer Harpsichord; Bass instruments Describe the Baroque Organ. How is the sound created? - correct answer The Baroque organ was the "King of Instruments" because of its size, power, and its variety of sounds. Sound was created by air coming out of the pipes. The biggest pipes created the lowest sounds and the smallest pipes created the highest sounds. Which instruments make up the basso continuo? - correct answer Harpsichord, Cello, Bassoon How did the kings and queens of the Baroque era demonstrate the importance of the arts as a means of projecting cultural power? - correct answer They did it by providing elaborate festivals, the finest music and art, and the greatest architecture. Also, the finest music equaled the most power during that time. Opera is ________ from beginning to end and based upon ___________ texts - correct answer Sung; Mythical The earliest operas were performed at the _________ of the nobility and royalty - correct answer Courts Why are there few early operas in English? - correct answer There are only a few early operas in English because operas were mostly sung in Italian, French and German. They also began on the Italian Peninsula and they had to be in their vernacular. A librettist writes the __________ of the opera, called the _____________ - correct answer Text; "Little Book" The composer writes the _________ for an opera - correct answer Music The role of the chorus in an opera is to ____________________ - correct answer Comment on the action The purely instrumental piece that begins an opera is called an _________________ - correct answer overture An opera aria is a song for __________________ with ______________ accompaniment - correct answer A soloist; orchestral Recitative is a style of singing that is similar to ______________ - correct answer Speech The texture of recitative is _______________ - correct answer Homophonic Castrati possessed the high range of a ________________ voice and physical power of a ________ voice - correct answer Woman; Man Castrati often came from ________________ households where families had given consent, in hopes that their sons would be among the ________ paid performers of the day - correct answer Poor; High