Countersubject Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Baroque Select the three countries whose cultures most influenced Bach's musical style. - correct answer Italy Germany France Select all that apply Select the three principal ways of varying the subject of a fugue. - correct answer Presenting the subject in diminution Presenting the subject in inversion Presenting the subject retrograde Select all that apply Select all the responsibilities of the music director of a church. - correct answer Training choristers for their perform...

Baroque Period Questions and Answers Already Passed Characteristics of Baroque bizarre, flamboyant, ornamented, extreme emotion Baroque AKA ____________ "Age of Absolutism" 2 major composers Handel and Back Other well known composers Monteverdi, Purcell, Corelli, Vivaldi Early baroque favored... homophonic texture over poly Late baroque ... polyphonic returned Characteristics of Baroque Usually expresses ONE MOOD, unless vocals are involved Affections moods (joy, grief, agitation) Baro...

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...

What are the years of the Baroque Period? - correct answer Baroque Period , during this time baroque meant that it filled space, this was within music as well as art. It was also known as the "age of absolutism" What does the "Age of Absolutism" mean? - correct answer This is another name for the "Baroque Period" it was because at the time many rulers had absolute power over their subjects. Baroque Period Time Line - correct answer and there were three periods within the Baroque ...

chapter 24Which of the following keyboard instruments were important during the Baroque? - correct answer the harpsichord and the organ The ______ is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by quills - correct answer harpsichord The harpsichord is different from the piano because - correct answer all the above The keyboard instrument that uses various sets of pipes to create contrasting colors is: - correct answer The organ The _____ is a keyboard form based on the principle ...

Baroque Era VocabularyBaroque - correct answer irregularly shaped or misshapen pearl figured bass - correct answer type of musical shorthand; numbers are placed below the bass line to show harmonic progression basso continuo - correct answer two performers - one playing notated bass line, one realizing the harmonies as indicated by the figured bass equal temperament - correct answer method of tuning keyboard instruments using enharmonic equivalents homophonic texture - correct answer...

Baroque Music () Questions and Answers 100% Pass Two Giants of baroque composition George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach's death in 1750 marks death of the period) Opera drama sung to orchestral accompaniment; melodic lines imitated the rhythms and inflections of speech Early baroque composers favored... homophonic texture (unlike the renaissance); characterizes early period; by the latter period they favored pholyphonic texture Tonal basis of most compositions (1690) major ...

Theory 3-4 is an advanced class in music theory (second semester, following Theory 1-2). In this document, I provide my notes on countersubject, bridge, and ways to construct a response/answer (in a fugue).

Theory 3-4 is an advanced class in music theory (second semester, following Theory 1-2). In this document, I provide my notes on the tonal answer and countersubject.

Theory 3-4 is an advanced class in music theory (second semester, following Theory 1-2). In this document, I provide my notes on countersubject, episodes, and non-chord-tones.