Mr. Golladay Baroque Period Exam

When did the Baroque period take place?

1600-1750

What are the two main characteristics of the Baroque Period?

Drama and Emotion

What aimed to resurrect ancient Greek drama, and the music heightens emotional power of the text:

Florentine Camerata

Male singers that were castrated in boyhood:

castrato

Who made the Magnificat?

Cozzolani

The canticle of Mary:

Magnificat

The Magnificat was sung during _________.

Vespers

Barbara Strozzi

A secular singer/composer. Often wrote about unfulfilled love. Created Sleepyhead Cupid.

The most important new genre of the Baroque period:

Opera

The orchestral introduction:

overture

The text or script of the Opera:

libretto

Who contributed most to the spread of early opera in Italy?

Claudio Monteverdi

Wrote Dido and Aeneas:

Henry Purcell

What was Dido and Aeneas based on?

Virgil's Aeneid

Powerful model for female grief:

Dido's Lament

Why does Dido take her own life?

Because Aeneas had to leave.

What happens prior to Dido taking her own life?

She sings her famous verse.

Specific chorale integrated into weekly service, sung in unison by a congregation:

Chorales

J.S. Bach's two court positions:

Weimar, and Anhalt Cothen

He worked in Leipzig, at the St. Thomas Church.

J. S. Bach

Who wrote Wachet Auf?

J.S. Bach

It was similar to Opera, but it was preformed in a concert setting without scenery or costumes:

Oratorios

He was buried in the Westminster Abbey in England:

George Frederic Handel

Wrote "The Messiah"

George Frederick Handel

How many parts of The Messiah were there? What were the parts?

There were three parts of The Messiah.

1. The Christmas Section

2. The Easter Section

3. The Redemption Section

The act of the line being sung by the leader, followed by the congregation repeating that line:

Lining-Out

The most famous American composer of polyphonic repertory.

William Billings

One of Billing's most famous works:

The New England Psalm Singer

Davids Lamentation:

Written by William Billings. It was a sorrow of King David. Anthem designed for congregational singing.

True or False: The focus on instrumental music during the Baroque Period was encouraged by wealthy patrons:

True

Strings of this period were often made out of what?

gut from an animal

The three main famous instrument makers in Italy:

Stradivarius, Guarneri, and Amati.

A group of short dances:

Suite

Handel's Water Music is often preformed in a _____________ _______________.

outdoor performance, such as a royal party

refrain-based structure

ritornello

The concerto is composed into how many parts?

three

What instrument did vivaldi play?

violin

Antonio Vivaldi and the ________ ______________.

Solo Concerto

What composer was a ordained priest, often called the "red Priest."

Antonio Vivaldi

Who was labeled "The Father of the Concerto?

Antonio Vivaldi

Who wrote the Four Seasons?

Antonio Vivaldi

It is a literary Link. It is music that portrays action and emotion of text, accompanied by a poem.

Program Music.

The two keyboard instruments in the Baroque Era.

Organ and Harpsicord

The two keyboard forms:

toccatta and fugue

Contrapuntal composition based on imitation

Fugue

How many parts of the fugue are there?

six

Wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier

J.S. Bach

Wrote Contrapunctus I from the Art of Fugue:

J.S. Bach