Music Appreciation Exam #3 Baroque Period 2023/2024 already passed

Music Appreciation Exam #3 Baroque PeriodBaroque Period - correct answer societal characteristics - correct answer Court more then the church, bigger middle class, opera troupes, chapel choirs, Orchestras, few public performances Where was music heard and musicians employed during the period? - correct answer music heard in the home, church and university, court musicians had more prestige Early Baroque period - correct answer vocal music, Monteverdi, homophonic texture, dissonance, Contrast, Opera was established Middle Baroque period - correct answer Instrumental music important- music written for them, Virtuosic violin became a thing Late Baroque period - correct answer emphasis of the Tonic (I) and Dominant (V) chords, Polyphony & Bach Doctrine of the Affections - correct answer Music should arouse the emotions Baroque rhythm - correct answer Meter occur on a steady beat, energetic, doesn't change Baroque melody - correct answer NOT easy to remember or sing, long & continuous (expansion) Baroque Dynamics - correct answer Terraced dynamics (stair steps), Small vs. Large Ensembles, could only add or take away instruments because the harpsichord only had one volume Basso Continuo - correct answer two instruments- one to play the bass line & one to play the harmony Couperin - correct answer harpsichord Vivaldi - correct answer violin Bach - correct answer organ virtuoso Musician - correct answer Interest in instruments lead to advanced and improved playing techniques most important instrument family - correct answer Strings Baroque trumpet - correct answer had no valve could only play the harmonic series in one key Baroque keyboard - correct answer Strings were plucked by quills- dynamic of the harpsichord could note change much, had to add more notes to sound louder Solo Concerto form - correct answer 3 movements (fast-slow-fast) for SOLO instrument and an accompanying group Concerto Grosso form - correct answer SMALL (concertino) vs. large (tutti) groups, 3 movements- (fast Ritornello- slow- fast Ritornello) Ritornello form - correct answer repeating refrain, always played by the Tutti (large group) What instrumental sections plays the Ritornello? - correct answer solo Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 - correct answer first time that the harpsichord was treated as a soloist- First Movement, Opens with a ritornello in 16th notes Flute and Violin make up the solo section with the addition of the Basso Continuo