Music History Quizlet Baroque questions & answers graded A+

Music History Quizlet BaroqueBaroque Period also known as... - correct answer Age of absolution. This is because rulers exercised absolute power over their subjects Scientific discoveries in baroque period - correct answer People like Newton and Galileo made advances in science leading to advances in life during the Baroque period Baroque music - correct answer Baroque style flourished. Two giants in baroque compositions wer Handel and Bach. 3 phases of baroque - correct answer Early baroque composers favored homophonic texture over polyphonic texture. Late baroque period produced the most of baroque music heard today. During the late baroque instrumental music became as important as vocal msuic for the first time. Kate baroque compsoers gloried in polyphony Unity of mood - correct answer Baroque music usually expressions one basic mood Affections - correct answer Emotional states like joy, grief, and agitation were represented at the time these mood were called affections. Dynamics in Baroque - correct answer Clear cut and continuity of dynamics. the level of volume tends to stay constant for a stretch of time. When dynamics shift it is sudden Terraced dynamics - correct answer This alternation between Loud and soft is called terraced dynamics Music director's responsibilities - correct answer The music director supervised performances and composed most of the music. Also responsible for discipline of other musicians, the upkeep of the instruments, and the music library. Pay was high for this job Anything the director wrote was performed. But they. Could never quit without the patron's permission. Role of church in baroque music - correct answer Alongside choirs and organs, many baroque churches had orchestras to accompany them. Church is where most ordinary citizens heard music. Church music directors - correct answer Church music directors had to do everything that curt musicians did but they were paid less and had a lower status. They. Often had side jobs. Club Scene - correct answer large towns employed musicians for functions such as to play in the church, processions and in concerts for visiting dignitaries and graduations. In these towns musicians often played with amateurs in music clubs How did one become a musician in the baroque time? - correct answer Often jobs were handed from father to son. Sometimes boys were apprenticed to a town musicians and lived in his home. In return for teaching, the boy did jobs such as copying his music. Many composers began their studies as choirboys. In Italy, music schools were connected with orphanages and orphans become the most sought after opera singers and instrumentalists in Europe. Woman in music during the Baroque period - correct answer Women were not permitted to be employed as music directors or as instrumentalists in court or opera orchestras. Still a number of women succeeded in becoming respected composers during this time. How musicians got the gig - correct answer Musicians got get a job usually had to pass a difficult exam,performing, and submitting compositions. Sometimes there were also non musical job requirements such as a donation to town's treasury or marriage to a daughter of a retiring musician Concerto grosso - correct answer A small group of soloists pitted against a larger group of players called the tutti. A concerto gross presents a contrast of texture between the tutti and the soloists. The soloists were the best and highest paid members of the orchestra. Characteristic of a concerto grosso - correct answer Consists of several movements that contrasts in tempo and character. Most often 3 movements. The first and last movement of concerto gross of are often in ritornello form Ritornello form - correct answer Based on alternation between tutti and solo sections