1. italian baroque opera reached its height with:

a. jean-baptiste lully.
b. george frideric handel.
c. jacopo peri.
d. claudio monteverdi.

2. bach lived and worked in

a. germany.
b. france.
c. england.
d. italy.

3. is a combination of signing and speech that serves as dialog in an opera.

a. monody
b. an aria
c. recitative
d. figured bass

4. a concerto grosso typically includes three movements in a pattern.

a. slow-fast-slow
b. slow-fast-fast
c. fast-slow-fast
d. fast-faster-fastest

5. bach's "little fugue in g minor" was written for

a. harpsichord.
b. violin and basso continuo.
c. choir.
d. organ.

6. was a composer who performed regularly for king louis xiv.

a. elisabeth-claude jacquet de la guerre
b. george frideric handel
c. johann sebastian bach
d. antonio vivaldi

7. elisabeth-claude jacquet de la guerre was best known during her lifetime as a/an

a. composer only.
b. opera singer.
c. composer, harpsichord player, and singer.
d. harpsichord player only.

8. toccatas, preludes, and fantasias are examples of music for

a. solo vocalists.
b. keyboard instruments.
c. orchestra.
d. church choirs.

9. one of the most prolific composers of solo concertos during the baroque era was

a. johann sebastian bach.
b. antonio vivaldi.
c. elisabeth-claude jacquet de la guerre.
d. george frideric handel.

10. which city was the leader of european culture and design by the eighteenth century?

a. leipzig
b. london
c. paris
d. rome

11. a work based on a chorale melody and intended to be played as an introduction to a protestant service is called a/an

a. chorale prelude.
b. fantasia.
c. oratorio.
d. cantata.

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1. The answer is “B. George Frideric Handel.”  

Handel was German but later he turned into an English citizen and he went blind late throughout everyday life. Handel's profession as a musical show arranger achieved its tallness when he worked for the Royal Academy of Music. He was perceived as England's most prominent composer and Italian Baroque Opera achieved its stature with George Frederic Handel.

 2.  The answer is “A. Germany”    

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist. He lived in the last piece of the Baroque time frame. He never voyaged exceptionally far, going through the entirety of his time of life in central Germany, yet he considered all the music he could discover by different arrangers of his opportunity.

 3. The answer is “C. Recitative".

Recitative  a style of conveyance (much utilized as a part of musical shows, oratorios, and cantatas) in which an artist is permitted to receive the rhythms of customary discourse. Recitative does not rehash lines as formally made melodies do. It takes after sung conventional discourse in excess of a formal melodic creation. Recitative can be recognized on a continuum from more discourse jump at the chance to more melodic, with more maintained melodic lines.

4. The answer is “C. fast-slow-fast”.    

The concerto has taken after significantly more reliably than the sonata the arrangement of three movements, in the request fast– slow– fast. The second movement leads, frequently immediately, into the finale, or last movement, and the finale has demonstrated a more predictable inclination for the rondo plan.  

5. The answer is “D. organ”.

Little Fugue in G Minor, is an organ (The organ was an imperative instrument for holy places and they regularly saved no costs for these establishments.) fugue made by Johann Sebastian Bach while utilized at Arnstadt (1703– 1707). Like most fugues, it is sorted out into three segments: composition, improvement, and return of the subject in the fugue's tonic (unique) key.

6. The answer is “A. Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre”.

  Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre was an effective writer and entertainer of the harpsichord. She created numerous French suites for harpsichord. She performed routinely to king Louis XIV. The work she created that you have to know is the Sarabande from Suite no. 1 from Pieces for Harpsichord.  

7. The answer is “C. composer, harpsichord player, and singer.”  

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre was an effective writer and entertainer of the harpsichord. She created numerous French suites for harpsichord. She performed routinely to king Louis XIV. The work she created that you have to know is the Sarabande from Suite no. 1 from Pieces for Harpsichord.    

8. The answer is “B. keyboard instruments.”

Toccata, Fantasia, Prelude are piece for keyboard instrument of lute looking like an act of spontaneity that may include imitative areas or fill in as a prelude to an autonomous fugue. An illustration could be the prelude to Harpsichord Suite no 3 by de la Guerre.    

9. The answer is “B. Antonio Vivaldi.”    

Antonio Vivaldi, "Red Priest", a standout amongst the most productive authors of solo concertos of the Baroque time frame, composed music for a popular ensemble at a young lady's halfway house, expressed "Quattro Stagione" otherwise called the "Four Seasons" (set of four concertos)


10. The answer is “C. Paris”.    

The way of life of Paris concerns human expressions, music, exhibition halls, celebrations and other amusement in Paris, the capital city of France. The city is today one of the world's driving business and social focuses; diversion, music, media, form, and expressions of the human experience all add to its status as one of the world's major worldwide urban areas.  

11. The answer is “A. chorale prelude”.  

In music, a chorale prelude is a short ritualistic arrangement for organ utilizing a chorale tune as its premise. It was a prevalent style of the German Baroque time and achieved its perfection underway of J.S. Bach, who composed 46 (with a 47th incomplete) cases of the frame in his Orgelbüchlein, alongside numerous different works of the sort in different accumulations.           

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