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What is Baroque?
Take the quiz, then click on the link below to see the answers.
1) Most musicians
use the following dates to indicate the musical era known as the Baroque:
a) 1650-1700
b) 1650-1750
c) 1600-1750
d) 1600-1700
2) The word
"Baroque" comes from a Portuguese term meaning
a) a gem of exquisite beauty
b) a misshapen pearl
c) overly ornate music
d) something needing to be fixed
3) In the
Baroque, the bass was played by
a) a single cello
b) an organ
c) a group of musicians called the basso continuo
d) whoever was available at the time
4) Dynamics,
which is volume in music, were:
a) rarely written by the composer, but were indicated by using more or
fewer musicians
b) always indicated in great detail
c) entirely up to the performers to decide
d) usually very explosive
5) Fast movements
or pieces in the Baroque often:
a) had a feeling of perpetual motion
b) were broken up into smaller, easy to follow sections
c) used a small groups of instruments in order to sound less complicated
6) The Doctrine
of Affections said that:
a) every individual piece of music should reflect many different emotions
b) every individual piece of music shouldn't reflect emotion at all
c) every individual piece of music should reflect only one emotion
7) The bass
line was often so active and driven that was called a:
a) walking bass line
b) perpetual motion
c) motoring line
d) hyperactive
8) J.S. Bach
is considered by many to be the greatest composer of
a) the German Baroque
b) the early Baroque period
c) the galant style
9) The primary
musical texture in a Baroque piece of music was:
a) homophonic, meaning there was a single melody with accompaniment
b) polyphonic, meaning there were many equal and independent parts simultaneously
c) one in which the bass, which has the most people playing, usually has
the melody
10) The Baroque
orchestra:
a) used strings only, plus organ or harpsichord on occasion
b) was very large, using strings plus lots of winds, brass, and percussion
c) was dominated by the strings, but often also used woodwinds, brass,
and sometimes timpani
d) we don't know who played in the Baroque orchestra, but today we use
whoever is available for hire
Click here to see the answers.