Classical Baroque period questions with verified solutions 2023/2024

Classical Baroque periodWhat is the approximate date range of the Baroque period of music? - correct answer What Italian word does the word "Baroque" come from? - correct answer misshapen pearl What are terraced Dynamics? - correct answer multiple volume levels within a composition What does the continuo consist of? - correct answer harpsichord sounding the cords and a viola da gamba reinforcing the bass line What is recitative? - correct answer singing in more of spoken style. (row row row your boat) What is a motive? - correct answer short memorable segment of music that the piece is based on What is a fugue? - correct answer overlapping independent music lines that come to form a piece. Who was the German composer that elevated the fugue to its highest level of perfection? - correct answer Bach Jean- Philippe Rameau helped to shift Baroque composition from melody only to a greater emphasis on Chords and harmony. What was the name of the publication that accomplished this? - correct answer treatise on Harmony What is Baroque Concerto? - correct answer solo parts alternated with a group of instruments. What is the name of the famous violin concerto, written by Vivaldi into four parts? - correct answer Four seasons What is the difference between Classical and Baroque music? - correct answer Baroque is more complicated than Classical music. Describe a sonata. - correct answer work in several movements for 1 or more instruments. What would happen during a tutti section of a concerto? - correct answer all instruments and all voices preform together. Who was the most famous composer who began his first work at the age of 4, and went on to become one of the most influential figures in all music history? - correct answer Mozart What is a symphony? - correct answer extended work for a orchestra. (for lots of instruments) Who was the "Father of Symphony"? - correct answer Haydn Describe Sonata allegro form. - correct answer A.B.A Sonata Allegro form are called exposition, development, and.... - correct answer Recapitulation What is coda? - correct answer the ending Describe Rondo form. - correct answer A.B.A.C.A.D.A.E......