chapter 9 music questions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024

chapter 9 musicSelect all the principal keyboard instruments of the baroque era. - correct answer organ harpsichord toccata - correct answer a very showy piece that includes rapid scales, trills, and arpeggios fantasia - correct answer an important intellectual musical structure of the baroque era prelude - correct answer a piece that usually served as an introduction to another piece or group of pieces fugue - correct answer a piece that seemed to be spontaneously improvised by the performer highly structured polyphonic composition that is based on the development of a single theme is a ______. - correct answer fugue When listening to a fugue, the______ is the primary interest, and recognizing its entrances allows the listener to follow the musical journey. - correct answer subject What is the texture created by the various melodies? - correct answer polyphonic Members of the Stradivari family were famous for making instruments of the ______ family. - correct answer string What was a major aspect of baroque keyboard music? - correct answer improvisation What is the opening section of a fugue called? - correct answer exposition Select all the different parts that make up the exposition of a fugue - correct answer subject countersubject episode What is the meter of this work? - correct answer quadruple Which statement describes music during the baroque period? - correct answer During the baroque era, instrumental music gradually equaled or surpassed vocal music in popularity. What material formed the basis of baroque organ literature and was intended to be performed on a specific day in the church year? - correct answer chorale melodies What type of baroque musical structure is introduced by a toccata, fantasia, or prelude? - correct answer a fugue A highly structured polyphonic composition that is based on the development of a single theme is a______. - correct answer fugue Select all the statements that describe the pipe organ. - correct answer The pipe organ includes a pedal board, a full keyboard of notes that are played with the player's feet. Using stops, a player of a pipe organ is able to produce many different sounds. Its ability to produce an incredibly wide range of notes has led the to being called the King of Instruments. - correct answer organ An instrumental composition that consists of a series of dance-inspired pieces is a called a _____ - correct answer suite Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, a favorite of King Louis XIV, and lived and worked in which city? - correct answer Paris, France