Music Test 2 Baroque Period Composers

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Will kemp was?

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An actor in Shakespeare's plays

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Who composed "I mangnum mysterium"?

A Giovanni Gabrieli

B Claudio montervrdi

C Henry Purcell

D arcangelo corelli

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A Giovanni Gabrieli

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What is the genre of "O mangnum mysterium"

A mass

B Motet

C madrigal

D Pavan

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Motet

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The style heard in "O mangnum mysterium" is typical of music from

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16th century Venice

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Which compositional technique do you hear in "O mangnum mysterium"

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Echoing semichords

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What are the performing forces in "o mangnum mysterium"

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Choirs, brass instruments and a organ

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The two elements that most bring about the change of mood in the "Alleluia" section of "O mangnum mysterium" are:

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Tempo and meter

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Which describes the use of meter in "O mangnum mysterium"?

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The meter is sometimes duple and sometimes tripleb

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In which section of "O mangnum mysterium" do you hear the most echoing"?

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Alleluia

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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

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A sequence

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The singer's In The Coronation of Poppea are:

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2 females: a mezzo soprano and a soprano

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

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No identifiable meter

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Who composed Dido and Aeneas

A Giovanni Gabrieli

B Claudio Monteverdi

C Henry Purcell

D Arcangelo Corelli

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C Henry Purcell

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Dido and Aeneas is an

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Opera

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Where was Dido and Aeneas composed

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England

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There was ___ sections in act III, final scene of Dido and Aeneas. They are a ___

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Three;

recitative, an aria and a chorus

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How can you tell when the aria portion of the final scene of Dido and Aeneas has begun?

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The rhythm settles into a regular meter

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In which section of the final scene of Dido and Aeneas do you hear a ground bass

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The aria

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When does the chorus begin to sing the final scene of Dido and Aeneas?

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After Dido stabs herself

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What textures do you hear in the closing of Dido and Aeneas?

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Polyphony and then homophony

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The composer of this suite I'd

A Giovanni Gabrieli

B Claudio Monteverdi

C Henry Purcell

D Girolamo Frescobaldi

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D Girolamo Frescobaldi

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Who were the most important composers in Venice around 1600?

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Andrea Gabrieli and Giovanni Gabrieli

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Where did the Gabrielis work?

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St. Marks cathedral in Venice

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"O Magnum Mysterium" was written for

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Christmas

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Which composer was the first whose music was attacked for being too radical?

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Claudio Motnteverdi

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Who is known as the "last great madrigalist and the first great opera composer"?

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Claudio Motnteverdi

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During which phase of Monteverdi career did he composed The Coronation of Poppea?

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It was late in his career

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The plot of monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea involves

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Nero; his mistress, Poppea; his wife, Ottavia;

and his adviser, Seneca

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Who Is considered to be the greatest English composer of the Baroque period

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Henry Purcell

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Purcell wrote the first English examples of which genre

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The Sonata

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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

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The Aeneid, by Virgil

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"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

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C "when I am laid"

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The foremost organ virtuoso of the early 17th century was

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Girolamo Frescobaldi

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The keyboard virtuoso and composer who was influenced a century later by Frescobaldi's music was

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Js Bach.

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Frescobaldi's suite consists of a conzona followed by

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2 dances and a set of variations

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

A galliard

B stylized dance

C Ostinato

D canzona

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C Ostinato

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Who are the two most important composers of the late Baroque period

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Js Bach and Handel

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Who was the leader monarch in the age of absolutism

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Louis XIV of France

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Baroque composers were likely to think of themselves as

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Craftspeople, creating a product on demand

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The three main insitutions. Where baroque composers could make a living were

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The church

the opera house

And the court

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In the early 18th century, court musicians had a better sense of new musical trends than church musicians because

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They were required to travel with their employees

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The orchestra of the court of Louis XIV was called the

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"24 violins of the king"