Baroque quiz questions with correct answers graded A= 2023/2024

opera - correct answer combination of music, Théâtre, and art what elements from these arts are involved - correct answer orchestra, singing, acting, costumes, staging, scenes, scenery, story, script-writing, and dancing in France the beginning of opera - correct answer evolved in efforts to make spectacles for aristocracy monody - correct answer declamatory style, focus is the declamation text recitative - correct answer musical prose that evokes speech (dialogue) features of opera - correct answer solo and ensemble singing that tell a story aria - correct answer a tuneful melody, evolved to display internal thoughts and emotions of a character chorus - correct answer evolved from the madrigal, group of singers serving a variety of purposes within an opera first operas - correct answer evolved from the italian intermezzi, recitative style, rivalry of peri and caccini monteverdi - correct answer () madrigal composer, first highly successful operas toccata - correct answer keyboard solo that shows off the virtuosity of performer and an ensemble piece with fanfare quality fugue - correct answer imitative polyphony, bach wrote many subject - correct answer main theme or melody, introduced in the first voice, in the tonic key answer - correct answer same melody as the subject in a modulated key,follows in a related key countersubject - correct answer new melodic material,begins in the first voice and plays with the answer exposition - correct answer opening section that contains the original subject and answers episode - correct answer like a bridge; built on fragments from the subject and countersubject and features modulation pedal point - correct answer single note that is held for a long time while the rest of the voices continue with melodic material and harmony stretto - correct answer next subject voice enters before the first one is completed, making the subject entries overlap inversion - correct answer turning the melody upside down retrograde - correct answer starting with the last note and going in reverse augmentation - correct answer slowing down the rhythm diminution - correct answer speeding up the rhythm madrigal - correct answer eventually the chorus, sung by a group of people oratorio - correct answer always a sacred story, occasionally a non-christian religion, chorus plays a larger role,no staging or acting cantata - correct answer short story or scene, usually sacred, uses a chamber orchestra, chorus, and soloists chorale - correct answer developed in the german lutheran church, similar to a church hymn, a piece for chorus, often found in cantatas, frequently homophonic but not always da capo aria - correct answer piece for a solo singer, found in operas, oratorios and cantatas, a vocal ternary form that adds variation to the second "A" sonata - correct answer a piece for 1-8 instruments and 2 or more movements trio sonata - correct answer written specifically for two instruments and basso continuo, three parts or voices concerto grosso - correct answer piece for a solo and tutti group, usually 3-5 movements solo concerto - correct answer similar to a concerto grosso,but there is only one soloist baroque suite - correct answer piece that uses dance forms for its movements, written for solo, small and large ensembles baroque suite order - correct answer prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, bourree, gigue j.s. bach - correct answer () masterful composer in all major genres except opera, wrote instrumental solo, ensemble, and vocal works corelli - correct answer () first major composer to become widely famous without writing a note for a singer Biber - correct answer () sonata representativa avium