Baroque(questions with correct answers)graded A+ 2023/2024

BaroqueWhat are the boundaries (years) of early baroque? - correct answer Where did the Baroque style originate and why? - correct answer Venice -- it was a very rich city-state and wanted to show off its power to the world through its grandiloquent and majestic music (which was just the style of Baroque) What was a particular favorite sound in Venice in the beginning of Baroque? - correct answer double choir, organ, and low brass instruments "O magnum mysterium" was written by who and for what? - correct answer written by Gabrieli for the Christmas season Gabrieli was a composer and organist where? - correct answer St. Mark's Basilica (Venetian Cathedral) What are some style features of early baroque music? - correct answer - more definite, regular rhythm - big emphasis on meter (finally started recording meter, too) - basso continuo -- bass line performed by bass voices + chord instrument (originally just the bass line of polyphony reinforced by chords) - later, ground bass (music constructed from the bottom up) -- continuo mapped out FIRST, with chords + polyphony added on top - functional harmony -- each chord played some special role in relation to the tonic chord (greater emphasis on tonality) What's the difference between basso continuo and ground bass/basso ostinato? - correct answer basso continuo came first and was just the bass line of polyphony reinforced by chords ground bass is music constructed from the bottom up -- bass instruments repeat the same short melody many times, generating the same set of repeated harmonies above it (by the continuo chord instruments) and then voice/ upper instruments improvise on top What's the difference between basso ostinato and ground bass form? - correct answer nothing, they're synonyms Ostinato is a term for what? - correct answer any short musical gesture repeated over and over When was the minor/ major system developed? - correct answer Baroque era What genre was most characteristic of Baroque music? - correct answer opera Where did opera begin? - correct answer Florence When was the first opera theatre made? - correct answer 1637 The purpose of opera was what? - correct answer portray individual emotion In opera, what is the "recitative"? - correct answer - declaiming words in musically heightened, theatrical manner - follows free rhythm of highly emotional speech - plot action, dialogue - minimal accompaniment In opera, what is the "aria"? - correct answer - extended piece for soloist, much more musically elaborate - vocals more melodic - rhythm more consistent - full orchestra Who was known as "the last great madrigalist and the first great opera composer"? - correct answer Monteverdi Which baroque opera composer landed a job as Choirmaster of St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice? - correct answer Monteverdi What was Monteverdi's first opera? - correct answer Orfeo What was considered the first opera masterpiece? - correct answer Montevardi's Orfeo Why were operas so characteristic of the Baroque era? - correct answer they were expensive and extravagant and the acting was overly dramatic Most Baroque operas consist of how many scenes? - correct answer 1 Who wrote "The Coronation of Poppea"? - correct answer Monteverdi T/F: The Coronation of Poppea was written late in it's composer's career. - correct answer true What's the plot of "The Coronation of Poppea"? - correct answer Poppea is the Roman emperor (Nero)'s mistress. She schemes to Nero's wife (Ottavia) overthrown and his advisor (Seneca) killed. She succeeds at both and at the end the two celebrate their marriage -- even with the blessings of the gods. Who was the greatest English composer of the Baroque era? - correct answer Henry Purcell Which baroque composer held a job as organist at Westminster Abbey? - correct answer Henry Purcell What kind of music did Henry Purcell write? (initially and later on) - correct answer Initially wrote church + instrumental music, and then moved on to theatrical music later on.