MCQ Questions
Q.1.
A chorale prelude:
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    is a work for organ.introduces the chorale to be sung by the congregation.displays the virtuosity of the organist.
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    an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work
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    expanded into professional performance careers including opera
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    written by Martin Luther.
Q.2.
The opening movement of Bach's cantata A Mighty Fortress Is Our God is best described as:
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    vigorous rhythm
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    improvisation.
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    a chorale fugue.
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    an overture.
Q.3.
All of the following characterize Baroque musical style EXCEPT:
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    the second to top voice, or alto
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    harmonies built on the early church modes.
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    The Four Seasons
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    the castrato.
Q.4.
In which voice is the subject first heard in Contrapunctus I from The Art of Fugue?
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    The Well Tempered Clavier.
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    the second to top voice, or alto
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    cello and harpsichord
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    the development of opera.
Q.5.
The opening movement of Spring from The Four Seasons features _____
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    major-minor.
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    the ripieno.
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    the concertino
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    ritornello form.
Q.6.
Which was NOT an important keyboard instrument in the Baroque?
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    madrigal.
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    the piano
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    the harpsichord.
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    the oratorio.
Q.7.
The prelude originated in improvisation on keyboard instruments. T/F
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    True
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    False
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    six
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    Baroque era.
Q.8.
Who is best viewed as the first master of opera?
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    the ripieno.
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    Monteverdi
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    Henry Purcell.
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    the oratorio.
Q.9.
It was through the musical innovations of the _____ that opera was born.
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    over a ground bass.
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    Virgil's The Aeneid
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    The Well Tempered Clavier.
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    Florentine Camerata
Q.10.
The clavichord was a popular instrument for the home. T/F
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    Martin Luther.
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    True
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    False
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    prelude
Q.11.
After the fugue subject is stated, the second entrance of the subject is called the:
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    False
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    binary
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    madrigal.
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    answer.
Q.12.
Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas was composed for:
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    an age of freedom and democracy
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    a girl's school production.
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    Greek mythology.
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    written by Martin Luther.
Q.13.
In the field of keyboard music, Bach's most important collection was:
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    The Well Tempered Clavier
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    Florentine Camerata
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    The Well Tempered Clavier.
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    "Hallelujah Chorus."
Q.14.
Vivaldi lived and worked in:
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    Venice.
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    False
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    Monteverdi
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    Bach
Q.15.
The text of an opera is called:
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    the libretto.
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    counterpoint
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    the violin.
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    a madrigal.
Q.16.
Women's roles in Baroque music:
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    an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work
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    an oratorio.
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    expanded into professional performance careers including opera
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    solo concerto.concerto grosso.
Q.17.
Water Music by Handel is best described as a:
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    answer.
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    masque.
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    suite.
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    False
Q.18.
The Baroque period was the first in which instrumental music was comparable in importance to vocal music. T/F
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    True
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    ritornello form.
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    a chorale fugue.
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    Vivaldi
Q.19.
The English type of entertainment combining music, poetry, and dance was called:
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    masque.
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    Baroque era.
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    False
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    answer.
Q.20.
Which two instruments would most likely have played the basso continuo in the Baroque era?
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    elaborate scenery
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    The Four Seasons
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    cello and harpsichord
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    the concerto.
Q.21.
A system of slightly adjusting the tuning of intervals within the octave, thus making it possible to play in every major and minor key, was called:
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    ritornello form.
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    equal temperament
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    The Well Tempered Clavier
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    a chorale fugue.
Q.22.
The famous choral climax in Part II of Handel's Messiah is:
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    written by Martin Luther.
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    Virgil's The Aeneid
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    "Hallelujah Chorus."
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    The Four Seasons
Q.23.
Late in life, Handel turned his efforts from the opera to:
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    a chorale fugue.
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    the oratorio.
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    the castrato.
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    the concertino
Q.24.
In a fugue, the areas of relaxation where the subject is not heard are called:
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    episodes.
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    madrigal.
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    improvisation.
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    masque.
Q.25.
Bach's chorale prelude A Mighty Fortress Is Our God is based on a well known Lutheran chorale tune. T/F
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    True
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    masque.
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    False
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    fugue
Q.26.
During the Baroque era, some boy singers were castrated to preserve the high register of their voices, allowing them to sing high pitched operatic roles. T/F
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    False
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    fugue
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    True
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    prelude
Q.27.
A drama that is sung is called:
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    an aria.
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    major-minor.
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    a madrigal.
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    an overture.
Q.28.
Vivaldi's solo concertos typically had four movements. T/F
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    episodes.
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    True
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    False
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    answer.
Q.29.
Johann Sebastian Bach lived a short, unhappy life and had no children. T/F
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    monody
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    False
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    True
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    Bach
Q.30.
The ideas and music of the Florentine Camerata led the way directly toward:
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    "Hallelujah Chorus."
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    written by Martin Luther.
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    the violin.
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    the development of opera.
Q.31.
The opening section of a fugue, in which all voices introduce the subject successively, is called the:
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    exposition.
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    diminution.
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    improvisation.
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    Baroque era.
Q.32.
Amateur music making at home was popular during the Baroque era. T/F
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    masque.
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    prelude
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    False
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    True
Q.33.
Which best describes the relentless beat and regular accent of later Baroque music?
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    Virgil's The Aeneid
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    the concerto.
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    vigorous rhythm
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    The Four Seasons
Q.34.
The approximate dates of the Baroque period are:
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    the oratorio.
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    madrigal.
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    figured bass.
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    1600-1750.
Q.35.
The Hornpipe from Handel's Water Music is in A-B-A form. T/F
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    an age of freedom and democracy
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    False
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    True
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    tarantella
Q.36.
The sacred cantata was an integral part of the:
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    major-minor.
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    French overture.
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    Lutheran church.
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    the libretto.
Q.37.
Dido's Lament from Purcell's opera Dido and Aenaes is composed:
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    Greek mythology.
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    Florentine Camerata
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    over a ground bass.
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    The Art of Fugue.
Q.38.
George Frideric Handel was considered a master of:
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    counterpoint
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    the oratorio.
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    Lutheran church.
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    an oratorio.
Q.39.
At the beginning of a fugue, the countersubject is stated alone. T/F
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    the harpsichord.
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    False
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    True
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    answer.
Q.40.
The introduction of monody in music represented a major shift in texture from:
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    written by Martin Luther.
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    Florentine Camerata
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    the second to top voice, or alto
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    polyphonic to homophonic.
Q.41.
Baroque composers, like their Renaissance counterparts, generally did not specify instrumentation. T/F
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    episodes.
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    answer.
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    True
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    False
Q.42.
Handel's Water Music was performed without continuo instruments when played outdoors. T/F
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    four
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    True
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    masque.
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    False
Q.43.
Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on:
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    The Four Seasons
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    a chorale fugue.
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    the organ.
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    the violin.
Q.44.
A keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills is:
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    the piano
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    the harpsichord.
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    the violin.
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    The Art of Fugue.
Q.45.
Which of the following does NOT characterize the Baroque era?
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    written by Martin Luther.
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    as servants to royalty or nobilityas members of the churchas employees of a free city
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    The Art of Fugue.
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    an age of freedom and democracy
Q.46.
The three main keyboard instruments of the Baroque were the harpsichord, organ, and piano. T/F
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    False
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    the concerto.
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    True
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    exposition.
Q.47.
Antonio Vivaldi became known as "the red priest" because of his fanatical religious beliefs. T/F
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    Vivaldi
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    equal temperament
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    Bach
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    False
Q.48.
During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach was primarily known as a great organist. T/F
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    monody
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    ritornello form.
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    Bach
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    True
Q.49.
Handel's Water Music opens with a:
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    French overture.
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    an overture.
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    elaborate scenery
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    True
Q.50.
John Milton's Paradise Lost is an epic poem expressing the views of:
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    Virgil's The Aeneid
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    Protestantism
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    an overture.
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    Baroque era.
Q.51.
A fugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a single subject is the focal point, thus unifying the work. T/F
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    True
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    four
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    masque.
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    False
Q.52.
Which best describes how Baroque musicians made a living?
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    The Four Seasons
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    as servants to royalty or nobilityas members of the churchas employees of a free city
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    the oratorio.
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    is a work for organ.introduces the chorale to be sung by the congregation.displays the virtuosity of the organist.
Q.53.
During his lifetime, Bach held the position of:
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    the ripieno.
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    Bach
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    the concertino
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    -cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig.-court organist and chamber musician to the duke of Weimar.-court musician to the prince of Anhalt-Cthen.
Q.54.
Which of the following dance types was NOT standard in a Baroque suite?
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    madrigal.
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    The Well Tempered Clavier
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    tarantella
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    an age of freedom and democracy
Q.55.
Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?
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    True
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    Monteverdi
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    Bach
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    monody
Q.56.
The greatest native English composer of the Baroque was:
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    False
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    Henry Purcell.
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    Vivaldi
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    Monteverdi
Q.57.
The artificially created male soprano or alto who dominated opera was known as:
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    the oratorio.
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    the concerto.
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    the castrato.
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    an overture.
Q.58.
The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called:
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    the violin.
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    Baroque era.
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    prelude
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    madrigal.
Q.59.
The group of early Baroque writers, artists, and musicians whose aim was to resurrect the musical drama of ancient Greece was known as:
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    Florentine Camerata
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    a chorale fugue.
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    the ripieno.
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    the Florentine Camerata.
Q.60.
The instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar masses of sound is called:
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    an overture.
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    the concerto.
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    Baroque era.
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    the libretto.
Q.61.
The chorale tune A Mighty Fortress Is Our God was:
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    the development of opera.
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    written by Martin Luther.
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    polyphonic to homophonic.
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    The Well Tempered Clavier.
Q.62.
Handel wrote his oratorio Messiah over a period of four years. T/F
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    monody
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    -cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig.-court organist and chamber musician to the duke of Weimar.-court musician to the prince of Anhalt-Cthen.
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    False
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    Venice.
Q.63.
The chorale is a type of hymn tune created by:
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    Martin Luther.
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    the violin.
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    Greek mythology.
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    major-minor.
Q.64.
The primary tonality used during the Baroque was:
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    Martin Luther.
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    the harpsichord.
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    the libretto.
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    major-minor.
Q.65.
The earliest operas took their plots from:
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    major-minor.
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    The Art of Fugue.
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    elaborate scenery
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    Greek mythology.
Q.66.
On which epic poem was Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas based?
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    Virgil's The Aeneid
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    "Hallelujah Chorus."
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    the second to top voice, or alto
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    elaborate scenery
Q.67.
What is the principal element of a fugue?
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    the oratorio.
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    counterpoint
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    The Four Seasons
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    Martin Luther.
Q.68.
The Baroque era witnessed the appearance of the:
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    solo concerto.concerto grosso.
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    polyphonic to homophonic.
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    "Hallelujah Chorus."
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    Lutheran church.
Q.69.
The solo group in a concerto grosso is called:
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    the concertino
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    Lutheran church.
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    ritornello form.
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    the oratorio.
Q.70.
The new Baroque style of vocal music for one singer with instrumental accompaniment was known as monophony. T/F
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    False
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    madrigal.
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    figured bass.
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    True