Harker Music 101 Exam 2 Questions with
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Baroque era - Answer-art is about opulence and grandeur, music is DRAMA THROUGH
CONTRAST
Opera - Answer-theatrical play sung all the way through, mostly by soloists. Began in
Italy in an attempt to recapture Greek drama
Creation of the Baroque era? - Answer-Orchestra to accompany an opera
Instrumentation - Answer-the specific instruments chosen for a piece of music
Orchestration - Answer-the way a composer uses the instruments in a piece of music
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass - Answer-Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Aria - Answer-song-like singing style, memorable with a strong sense of meter,
accompanied by orchestra
Recitative - Answer-speech-like singing, not memorable with free rhythms and
accompanied by the basso continuo
Basso continuo - Answer-two instruments that provided Baroque accompaniment as a
pair (on as a bass and one for harmony)
Overture - Answer-an orchestral introduction to an opera
Ground bass - Answer-a repeating bass line
Passacaglia - Answer-a piece of music that is built on a ground bass
Johann Sebastian Bach - Answer--may be the greatest composer because of his
centrality (summed up musical developments before him and composers after referred
back to him)
-final aim of music is to glorify God and refresh the human spirit
-Lutheran
, Modulation - Answer-changing of keys
Doctrine of affections - Answer-The Baroque practice of attempting to project states of
feeling and ideas in music, only communicate one emotion
Chord progression - Answer-a series of chords presented one after the other in time
Fugue - Answer-imitative work based on a single subject
Subject and countersubject - Answer-the main melody in a fugue and the one that
accompanies it
Motive - Answer-short fragment of melody that is repeated
Sequence - Answer-motive that is repeated at progressively higher and lower pitch
levels
Contrasts - Answer-between subject and episodes (fragments of subject and
sequences)
Suite - Answer-series of dances
Gavotte - Answer-courtly dance, moderate tempo, duple meter, big upbeat
Bach and the patronage system - Answer-under-appreciated for his gifts during his
lifetime
Concerto - Answer-a work for orchestra concerned with the following contrasts:
-large vs small group
-ensemble vs soloists
-ritornellos vs episodes
Standard movement pattern of concertos - Answer-fast movement, slow movement, fast
movement
Handel and Bach - Answer--born the same year in Germany
-Bach stayed in Germany
-Handel travelled and stayed in England
Handel - Answer-did Italian opera for a long time then switched to oratorios
Oratorio - Answer-similar to Italian opera but not staged, sacred but not liturgical (not in
church services), more choruses
Three types of numbers in oratorios - Answer-recitatives, arias, choruses
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Baroque era - Answer-art is about opulence and grandeur, music is DRAMA THROUGH
CONTRAST
Opera - Answer-theatrical play sung all the way through, mostly by soloists. Began in
Italy in an attempt to recapture Greek drama
Creation of the Baroque era? - Answer-Orchestra to accompany an opera
Instrumentation - Answer-the specific instruments chosen for a piece of music
Orchestration - Answer-the way a composer uses the instruments in a piece of music
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass - Answer-Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Aria - Answer-song-like singing style, memorable with a strong sense of meter,
accompanied by orchestra
Recitative - Answer-speech-like singing, not memorable with free rhythms and
accompanied by the basso continuo
Basso continuo - Answer-two instruments that provided Baroque accompaniment as a
pair (on as a bass and one for harmony)
Overture - Answer-an orchestral introduction to an opera
Ground bass - Answer-a repeating bass line
Passacaglia - Answer-a piece of music that is built on a ground bass
Johann Sebastian Bach - Answer--may be the greatest composer because of his
centrality (summed up musical developments before him and composers after referred
back to him)
-final aim of music is to glorify God and refresh the human spirit
-Lutheran
, Modulation - Answer-changing of keys
Doctrine of affections - Answer-The Baroque practice of attempting to project states of
feeling and ideas in music, only communicate one emotion
Chord progression - Answer-a series of chords presented one after the other in time
Fugue - Answer-imitative work based on a single subject
Subject and countersubject - Answer-the main melody in a fugue and the one that
accompanies it
Motive - Answer-short fragment of melody that is repeated
Sequence - Answer-motive that is repeated at progressively higher and lower pitch
levels
Contrasts - Answer-between subject and episodes (fragments of subject and
sequences)
Suite - Answer-series of dances
Gavotte - Answer-courtly dance, moderate tempo, duple meter, big upbeat
Bach and the patronage system - Answer-under-appreciated for his gifts during his
lifetime
Concerto - Answer-a work for orchestra concerned with the following contrasts:
-large vs small group
-ensemble vs soloists
-ritornellos vs episodes
Standard movement pattern of concertos - Answer-fast movement, slow movement, fast
movement
Handel and Bach - Answer--born the same year in Germany
-Bach stayed in Germany
-Handel travelled and stayed in England
Handel - Answer-did Italian opera for a long time then switched to oratorios
Oratorio - Answer-similar to Italian opera but not staged, sacred but not liturgical (not in
church services), more choruses
Three types of numbers in oratorios - Answer-recitatives, arias, choruses
