Baroque Period Quiz WELL ANSWERED RATED A+ 2023/2024

Baroque Period QuizAffections - correct answer emotional state like joy, grief and agitation represented in Baroque music through specific musical language Terraced dynamics - correct answer abrupt alterations between loud and soft dynamic levels Basso continuo - correct answer accompaniment made up of a bass part usually played by two instruments: a keyboard (harpsichord) and a low melodic instrument (bass) Movement - correct answer pieces that sound fairly complete and independent, but is part of a larger composition (Concertos and Sonatas) Subject - correct answer main theme of the Fugue, always presented unaccompanied by one voice in the beginning Counter subject - correct answer different melodic idea that may be played in conjunction with the subject in the Fugue Episode - correct answer musical transition sections between presentations of the subject in the Fugue Libretto - correct answer text of the opera, written by a librettist Aria - correct answer song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, sung straight to the audience Da Capo Aria - correct answer ABA form Recitative - correct answer vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech Secco recitative - correct answer accompanied only by a basso continuo Accompanied recitative - correct answer supported by the orchestra Overture - correct answer instrumental composition that opens the opera Florentine Camerata - correct answer group that wanted to return music to the principles of the Ancient Greeks; created monody and developed recitative; turned away from polyphony Castrato - correct answer male singer who has been castrated before puberty; most famous stars of the time; combined range of the female voice with power of the male voice Ground bass - correct answer bass is repeated over and over, while the melodic lines above it change; the constant repetition of the bass pattern gives unity, while the free flow of melodic lines above it give variety Concerto grosso - correct answer small group of soloists pitted against a larger group of players called the tutti; consist of 3 movements (fast/major, slow/minor,fast/major) Solo concreto - correct answer composition for a single soloist, or pair of soloists against a full orchestra Fugue - correct answer polyphonic composition based on one main theme, or subject; usually 3,4 or 5 voices Answer - correct answer each statement of the subject after the initial statement in the Fugue Four ways to vary the subject in the Fugue - correct answer inversion, retrograde, augmentation and diminution Opera - correct answer drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment; born in Italy; originally written for nobles, although it became public entertainment; earliest subjects were mythological