Classical/ Baroque period
What is the approximate date range of the Baroque period of music? - correct
answer 1600-1750
What Italian word does the word "Baroque" come from? - correct answer misshapen
pearl
What are terraced Dynamics? - correct answer multiple volume levels within a
composition
What does the continuo consist of? - correct answer harpsichord sounding the cords
and a viola da gamba reinforcing the bass line
What is recitative? - correct answer singing in more of spoken style. (row row row
your boat)
What is a motive? - correct answer short memorable segment of music that the
piece is based on
What is a fugue? - correct answer overlapping independent music lines that come to
form a piece.
Who was the German composer that elevated the fugue to its highest level of
perfection? - correct answer Bach
Jean- Philippe Rameau helped to shift Baroque composition from melody only to a
greater emphasis on Chords and harmony. What was the name of the publication
that accomplished this? - correct answer treatise on Harmony
What is Baroque Concerto? - correct answer solo parts alternated with a group of
instruments.
