Baroque questions with complete solutions 2023 passed

BaroquePolyphony in the Baroque Period - correct answer tended to be highly ornate, often with fast trills and fast moving notes (matched the art, architecture, and fashion of the time) the idea of using chords to accompany one or more melody lines gained favor, and caused composers to do what? - correct answer for the first time, composers wrote dynamics and tempo markings into their music patrons or royalty... - correct answer employed composers, who composed music on demand BECAUSE there were no "classics" in music... - correct answer composers were prolific (producing many works) by necessity composers had little freedom in their composing new music had to be produced for every occasion Baroque composers include: - correct answer Claudio Monteverdi- inventor of opera Antonio Vivaldi- changed the concerto Henry Purcell- well known for his opera "Dido and Aeneas" George Frideric Handel- now known for his oratorios and orchestral works; was best known as an opera composer; Messiah Johann Sebastian Bach- was best known as an organist rather than a composer; master of the fugue Claudio Monteverdi () - correct answer -one of the first great Baroque composers -finest Italian composer of the 17th century -published four volumes of motets and madrigals by 20 -best known as the inventor of opera -served as musician in charge at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice (where the Gabrielis were organists)