Baroque questions fully solved graded A+ 2023/2024

BaroqueWhat are the boundaries (years) of early baroque? - correct answer Where did the Baroque style originate and why? - correct answer Venice -- it was a very rich city-state and wanted to show off its power to the world through its grandiloquent and majestic music (which was just the style of Baroque) What was a particular favorite sound in Venice in the beginning of Baroque? - correct answer double choir, organ, and low brass instruments "O magnum mysterium" was written by who and for what? - correct answer written by Gabrieli for the Christmas season Gabrieli was a composer and organist where? - correct answer St. Mark's Basilica (Venetian Cathedral) What are some style features of early baroque music? - correct answer - more definite, regular rhythm - big emphasis on meter (finally started recording meter, too) - basso continuo -- bass line performed by bass voices + chord instrument (originally just the bass line of polyphony reinforced by chords) - later, ground bass (music constructed from the bottom up) -- continuo mapped out FIRST, with chords + polyphony added on top - functional harmony -- each chord played some special role in relation to the tonic chord (greater emphasis on tonality) What's the difference between basso continuo and ground bass/basso ostinato? - correct answer basso continuo came first and was just the bass line of polyphony reinforced by chords ground bass is music constructed from the bottom up -- bass instruments repeat the same short melody many times, generating the same set of repeated harmonies above it (by the continuo chord instruments) and then voice/ upper instruments improvise on top What's the difference between basso ostinato and ground bass form? - correct answer nothing, they're synonyms Ostinato is a term for what? - correct answer any short musical gesture repeated over and over When was the minor/ major system developed? - correct answer Baroque era What genre was most characteristic of Baroque music? - correct answer opera Where did opera begin? - correct answer Florence When was the first opera theatre made? - correct answer 1637 The purpose of opera was what? - correct answer portray individual emotion In opera, what is the "recitative"? - correct answer - declaiming words in musically heightened, theatrical manner - follows free rhythm of highly emotional speech - plot action, dialogue - minimal accompaniment In opera, what is the "aria"? - correct answer - extended piece for soloist, much more musically elaborate - vocals more melodic - rhythm more consistent