baroque era review activity -- world of music book 10

The Baroque Era lasted from ____ to ____.

1600, 1750

European cities and towns grew as centers of ____, ____, and ____.

trade, manufacturing, banking

For the growing middle class, public ____ and ____ ____ opened in large European cities.

theaters, concert halls

Concerts were also held in the ____ of wealthy citizens during the Baroque Era.

wealthy

Baroque musicians worked at ____, for ____, or for city ____.

courts, town, governments

Baroque musicians were skilled as ____, ____, and ____.

performers, conductors, composers

At royal courts, musicians belonged to the ____ class.

servant

Handel was a famous Baroque composer born in the country of ____.

Germany

Handel traveled to the country of ____ to learn techniques of composing opera.

Italy

In 1711, Handel visited the country of ____, where he later produced many ____.

England, operas

Baroque recitative style hurriedly describes ____ ____.

dramatic action

Baroque aria style halts ____ action.

dramatic

A famous early Baroque opera is Dido and Aeneas by Henry ____.

Purcell.

Baroque singers gained fame according to their ability to ____ melodic ornaments.

improvise

After 1741, Handel composed many dramatic oral ____.

oratorios

Oratorios are set to ____ texts rather than secular texts.

religious

Aria da capo form has a ____ middle section (ABA).

contrasting

A great treasury of ____ music was composed during the baroque Era, for use in cathedrals and churches.

organ

Bach walked nearly 200 miles to hear performances of organ music by ____, a famous Danish organist.

Buxtehude

Baroque toccatas often have ____ texture, while fugues always have ____ texture.

homophonic, polyphonic

____ texture is one melody line with accompaniment.

homophonic

____ texture is two or more independent melody lines sounding at the same time.

polyphonic

In fugues, brief ____ present a motive “tossed” back and forth among texture lines.

episodes

Other important types of Baroque instrumental music are ____ and ____, ____, and ____.

theme, variations, suites, concertos.

A ____ tone moves by step back to the tone from which it came.

neighbor

An ____ “leans on” an upper or lower tone a step away, moving to it after the beat.

appoggiatura