Baroque period Test
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- Bach;religious
- was a very _____ man.
- Bach;choirboy
- sang as a _____.
- Bach
- master of organ
- Bach;church
- worte music mainly for the ____.
- oratorio
- sung drama without acting that is based on the bible
- George Handel;Westminster
- buried in ___________ Abbey.
- word painting
- depicting words and meanings in music
- counterpoint
- the playing of two or more melodies at the same time is called __________.
- George Handel;lawyer
- father wanted him to be a _____.
- George Handel;no
- family of musicians?
- concerto;orchestra
- a ______ is a piece of music for solo instrument with the ________ for accompaniment.
- Bach;father
- known as the ______ of Music.
- Antonio Vivaldi;Italy
- Born in Venice,______.
- George Handel;blind
- later in life became _________.
- Bach;fugue
- wrote a type of music similar to a round called a _____.
- commision
- made money by working on _____.
- Antonio Vivaldi;Red Priest
- priest- nicknamed the_______ _____.
- Antonio Vivaldi;ill
- became ____ and left priest hood.
- Antonio Vivaldi;fast;slow;fast
- used a pattern of _____-_____-____ in his concertos.
- Bach;father
- was taught violin by ______.
- George Handel;Germany
- born in ______.
- George Handel;attic
- had to play in _____ because his father did not allow music in the house
- 1600-1750
- dates of the Baroque period
- Antonio Vivaldi;Bach
- was respected and admired by J.S ___.
- Bach;15
- left home at age__ to work as paid musician
- Antonio Vivaldi;concerto
- master of the ________.
- unity of mood
- a piece of music that expresses one basic emotion
- Antonio Vivaldi;violinist
- father was a _______.
- continuity of melody
- an opening melody that was heard again and againin the couse of a piece
- George Handel;copying
- learned how to write music by ________ it.
- Bach
- Family of musicians
- Bach;Germany
- born in Eisenach,______.
- terraced dynamics
- volume tended to stay constant for a period of time, and when the dynamics did shift,it was sudden
- Bach;10
- parents died when he was __ years old.
- stand up
- during the Hallelujah Chorus, the audience _______ ___ in keeping with the tradition of King George II
- George Handel;oratorio
- Created the ________.
- unity of rhythm
- rhythmic patterns that were heard at the beginning of the piece and repeat throughout
- Bach;older brother
- went to live with his ____.
- orchestra and opera
- two important developments in the use of musical groups:
- Antonio Vivaldi;school
- teacher at a ____ for orphan and runaway girls
- George Handel;England
- became a popular citizen in _________.
- Bach;4
- __sons had music careers
- Bach;2;20
- _marriages and ___children
- homophonic texture
- one main melody accompanied by voices or instruments
- Bach;Well Tempered Clavier
- name of the book he wrote for his wife that is still used today: _____ _______ ______.
- George Handel;24;3
- Composed The Messiah in only __ days--it takes __ hours to perform