ElementsBaroqueHIPVocal Musical Expression

Question The aural quality of various instruments or voices.

Answer 1 – 10 Timbre

Question Marks the passage of time by means of a regularly underlying pulse or beat. Examples include “duple” and “triple.”

Answer 1 – 20 Meter

Question The succession of individual pitches which create a single line of music.

Answer 1 – 30 Melody

Question The way we organize a piece of music into sections. One example of this is “ternary,” and can be heard in Handel’s da capo aria, “Rejoice greatly…”

Answer 1 – 40 Form

Question The pattern of musical movement through time. The interchange of whole notes, half notes and eighth notes, for example, form this musical element.

Answer 1 – 50 Rhythm

Question The time period previous to the Baroque era ( ), characterized by humanism.

Answer 2 – 10 Renaissance

Question Handel’s “Messiah,” is an example of this genre of music, not to be confused with opera.

Answer 2 – 20 Oratorio

Question Bach, Handel and Vivaldi wrote music during this century.

Answer 2 – th century

Question This Handel oratorio is based on New Testament text.

Answer 2 – 40 Theodora

Question The Drury Theatre was one of the performances venues of this 18 th century Baroque city.

Answer 2 – 50 London

Question These instruments are used to help create “authentic” Baroque performances. Examples include the harpsichord and the baroque flute.

Answer 3 – 10 Period Instruments

Question When did the HIP movement begin?

Answer 3 – 20 Around the 1970s

Question These individuals became interested in asking and answering questions such as, “can we ever truly hear a piece of music as it sounded in the 18 th century?”

Answer 3 – 30 Musicologists, music performers, etc.

Question State at least 4 musical considerations of HIP

Answer 3 – 40 Musical considerations such as – Venue – Timbre – Period instruments – Gender

Question Name at least two sources that were consulted in an effort to have HIP.

Answer 3 – 50 Manuscripts Treatises Primary Source material Paintings

Question A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text

Answer 4 – 10 Melisma

Question A style used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas in which the text is declaimed in the rhythm of natural speech with slight melodic variation and little orchestral accompaniment.

Answer 4 – 20 recitative

Question This vocal solo is prevalent in operas and oratorios and is in ternary form An Extra 2 points will be rewarded if a title can be given as an example.

Answer 4 – 30 Da capo aria “Rejoice greatly…”

Question The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera.

Answer 4 – 40 Libretto

Question Vocal parts such as soprano, alto, tenor and bass divide show divisions based on this musical element

Answer 4 – 50 Register

Question Terms used to identify different intensities of musical pitches

Answer 5 – 10 Dynamics

Question The speed at which music is performed. Consider the differences associated with adagio and presto.

Answer 5 – 20 Tempo

Question This type of technique was used by composers to help express certain emotions behind words such as in “Racks, Gibbets, swords, and fire.”

Answer 5 – 30 Word painting

Question Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is an example of this type of story telling or musical expression found in instrumental music from the Baroque era.

Answer 5 – 40 Program music

Question Major and minor keys are how we characterize this element of music

Answer 5 – 50 Tonality