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Music Test 2: Baroque Period Composers

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This deck covers key questions and answers about Baroque period composers and their works, focusing on notable figures such as Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, and Henry Purcell.

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Will kemp was?
An actor in Shakespeare's plays

Who composed "I mangnum mysterium"?

A Giovanni Gabrieli

B Claudio montervrdi

C Henry Purcell

D arcangelo corelli

A Giovanni Gabrieli

What is the genre of "O mangnum mysterium"

A mass

B Motet

C madrigal

D Pavan

Motet

The style heard in "O mangnum mysterium" is typical of music from
16th century Venice
Which compositional technique do you hear in "O mangnum mysterium"
Echoing semichords
What are the performing forces in "o mangnum mysterium"
Choirs, brass instruments and a organ

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TermDefinition
Will kemp was?
An actor in Shakespeare's plays

Who composed "I mangnum mysterium"?

A Giovanni Gabrieli

B Claudio montervrdi

C Henry Purcell

D arcangelo corelli

A Giovanni Gabrieli

What is the genre of "O mangnum mysterium"

A mass

B Motet

C madrigal

D Pavan

Motet

The style heard in "O mangnum mysterium" is typical of music from
16th century Venice
Which compositional technique do you hear in "O mangnum mysterium"
Echoing semichords
What are the performing forces in "o mangnum mysterium"
Choirs, brass instruments and a organ
The two elements that most bring about the change of mood in the "Alleluia" section of "O mangnum mysterium" are:
Tempo and meter
Which describes the use of meter in "O mangnum mysterium"?
The meter is sometimes duple and sometimes tripleb
In which section of "O mangnum mysterium" do you hear the most echoing"?
Alleluia

Which musical technique do you hear in the first and last sections of "O mangnum mysterium"

A sequence

B points of imitation

C isorhythm

D plainchant paraphrase

A sequence

The singer's In The Coronation of Poppea are:
2 females: a mezzo soprano and a soprano

In the opening recitative of The Conornation of Poppea, there is

No identifiable meter

Who composed Dido and Aeneas

A Giovanni Gabrieli

B Claudio Monteverdi

C Henry Purcell

D Arcangelo Corelli

C Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas is an
Opera
Where was Dido and Aeneas composed
England
There was ___ sections in act III, final scene of Dido and Aeneas. They are a ___
Three; recitative, an aria and a chorus
How can you tell when the aria portion of the final scene of Dido and Aeneas has begun?
The rhythm settles into a regular meter
In which section of the final scene of Dido and Aeneas do you hear a ground bass
The aria
When does the chorus begin to sing the final scene of Dido and Aeneas?
After Dido stabs herself
What textures do you hear in the closing of Dido and Aeneas?
Polyphony and then homophony

The composer of this suite I'd

A Giovanni Gabrieli

B Claudio Monteverdi

C Henry Purcell

D Girolamo Frescobaldi

D Girolamo Frescobaldi

Who were the most important composers in Venice around 1600?
Andrea Gabrieli and Giovanni Gabrieli
Where did the Gabrielis work?
St. Marks cathedral in Venice
"O Magnum Mysterium" was written for
Christmas
Which composer was the first whose music was attacked for being too radical?
Claudio Motnteverdi
Who is known as the "last great madrigalist and the first great opera composer"?
Claudio Motnteverdi
During which phase of Monteverdi career did he composed The Coronation of Poppea?
It was late in his career
The plot of monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea involves
Nero; his mistress, Poppea; his wife, Ottavia; and his adviser, Seneca
Who Is considered to be the greatest English composer of the Baroque period
Henry Purcell
Purcell wrote the first English examples of which genre
The Sonata

What was the source for Dido and Aeneas

A the bible

B The Aeneid, by Virgil

C a Shakespearean play

D an original play he wrote earlier in his career

The Aeneid, by Virgil

"Remember me, but ah, forget my fate" I'd part of the text of:

A "O magnum mysterium

B the coronation of Poppea

C "when I am laid"

D Thy hand, Belinda

C "when I am laid"

The foremost organ virtuoso of the early 17th century was
Girolamo Frescobaldi
The keyboard virtuoso and composer who was influenced a century later by Frescobaldi's music was
Js Bach.
Frescobaldi's suite consists of a conzona followed by
2 dances and a set of variations

The passacaglia in Frescobaldi's suite bears a close relationship to the

A galliard

B stylized dance

C Ostinato

D canzona

C Ostinato

Who are the two most important composers of the late Baroque period
Js Bach and Handel
Who was the leader monarch in the age of absolutism
Louis XIV of France
Baroque composers were likely to think of themselves as
Craftspeople, creating a product on demand
The three main insitutions. Where baroque composers could make a living were
The church the opera house And the court
In the early 18th century, court musicians had a better sense of new musical trends than church musicians because
They were required to travel with their employees
The orchestra of the court of Louis XIV was called the
"24 violins of the king"