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The approximate dates of the Baroque period are...?
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1600-1750
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What are the characteristics of the Baroque period?
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an age of reason, an era of absolute monarchy, and an era of change, adventure, and exploration
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The Baroque period witnessed a new style of music, which featured a single vocal melody with accompaniment. This was known as...?
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monody
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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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the Florentine Camerata
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Which two instruments would most likely have played the basso continuo in the Baroque ear?
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bassoon or cello and the harpsichord or organ
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The primary tonality used during the Baroque was...?
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major-minor
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The term Baroque probably derives from...?
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a Portuguese word meaning irregular in shape
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How did Baroque musicians make a living?
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as servants to royalty and nobility, as members of the church, and as employees of a free city
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The introduction of monody in music represented a major shift in texture from...?
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polyphonic to homophonic
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The ideas of and music of the Florentine Camerata led the way directly toward...?
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the development of opera
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The Baroque techniques of placing numerals, indicating the harmony required, above or below teh bass notes is called...?
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figured bass
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What characterizes the musical style of teh Baroque period?
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a driving, energetic rhythm, a contiuously expanding melody, and shifts of dynamics from one level to another
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A system of slightly adjusting the tuning of intervals withing the octave, thus making it possible to play in every major and minor key, was called...?
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equal temperament
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The element of Baroque music that reflected composers' interest in farway lands is...?
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exoticism
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It was through the musical innovations of the_________ taht opera was born.
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Florentine Camerata
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A highly emotional song in opera is called...?
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an aria
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The artifically created male soprano or alto who dominated opera was known as...?
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castrato
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The solo opera style that grew directly out of the earliest monodies of the Florentine Camerata was called...?
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recitative
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The text of opera is called...?
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the libretto
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The orchestral introduction heard at teh beginning of an opera is called...?
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an overture
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