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8th Grade
01/13/2009

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The Baroque Period was during what years?
Definition
1600-1750
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What technique was newly used in the Baroque Period?
Definition
Contrapuntal or Counterpoint
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List some things that set the Baroque style apart from the Renaissance period?
Definition
Baroque was more chaotic, detailed, elaborate materials, religious music and structures, and had different shape.
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List the composers of the Baroque Period.
Definition
J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, F. Couperin, G.F. Handel, Jean-Phillip Rameau, Claudio Montiverdi, and D. Scarlatti.
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How did the music change from the other periods to the Baroque Period?
Definition
instruments. string-oriented music, brass added toward end of Baroque Period.
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Was Stradivarius still making instruments during the Baroque Period?
Definition
Yes
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What are J.S. Bach's dates? (birth and death)
Definition
Birth 3-21-1685
Death 7-28-1750
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When did the Baroque Period end?
Definition
in 1750 when Bach died
Term
Where were Bach's parents when he was a child?
Definition
in a grave somewhere, dead
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Who did Bach live with after his parents died and what was that person's trade?
Definition
With his brother who was a church musician. He taught Bach his trade- how to play instruments.
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What was considered to be Bach's instrument?
Definition
the organ
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Did Bach ever travel out of Germany?
Definition
No
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Bach had ________ wives in his lifetime, and he had ______ kids with his first and _________kids with his second.
Definition
2 wives, 7 kids w/ first wife, 13 w/ second wife.
Term
How many of Bach's children lived to adulthood?
Definition
10
Term
What did Bach do all of his life?
Definition
he was a church musician
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At what age did Bach begin to compose?
Definition
18
Term
Was Bach considered a child prodigy?
Definition
no
Term
Bach traveled within Germany for what reasons?
Definition
to go to concerts and to take lessons
Term
Bach was a court-appointed ________
Definition
organist
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Bach's second wife was ___________ and together they created the tuning system and "_____________________"
Definition
Anna Magdelana, "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
Term
Did Bach compose in counterpoint?
Definition
YES
Term
What types of music did Bach compose?
Definition
cantatas, oratorios, Lieder, Concertos, and string quartets
NOT opera
Term
What was a Kappelmeister? (Bach was this)
Definition
court musician
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Bach wrote over ____________ works of music.
Definition
1,000
Term
Terraced dynamics-
Definition
layered dynamic levels within a composition.
Abrupt, different levels
____________
____________!
______!
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one of Montiverdi's most famuos operas is....
Definition
Orfeo
Term
What were Montiverdi's dates?
Definition
(1567-1643)
Term
Orfeo is...
Definition
one of the earliest operas still known today
Term
"Tu se morte" means "You are dead"
What kind of opera is it?
Definition
recitative (dialogue in an opera)
Term
Who developed the chord structure still used today?
Definition
Jean-Phillip Rameau (1683-1764)
Term
"The Messiah" is a work that who is famous for?
Definition
Handel
Term
How many days did it take to create "The Messiah?"
Definition
27
Term
"The Messiah" was first performed when?
Definition
8 months after its creation at a charity event where Handel directed it himself
Term
Did Handel consider "The Messiah" to be complex?
Definition
no
Term
Why didn't Handel want to make a complex work?
Definition
because the orchestra and vocalists in Dublin weren't nearly as good as those in England.
Term
What were Vivaldi's dates?
Definition
1678-1741
Term
Vivaldi was from where?
Definition
Venice
Term
What was Vivaldi's nickname?
Definition
the red priest
Term
Vivaldi left the ministry and became what?
Definition
a director of music at a girl's orphanage
Term
What instruments did Vivaldi often play?
Definition
violin and harpsichord
Term
Why did Vivaldi write a lot of music?
Definition
Because the chorus at the orphanage was very good
Term
Vivaldi wrote concertos, which are...
Definition
solo parts alternated with a group of instruments.
Term
Who established the 3-movement scheme which had fast/slow/fast?
Definition
Vivaldi
Term
How many concertos did Vivaldi write?
Definition
over 500
Term
What is a Grand Concerto?
Definition
work in which there is a contrast between large and small sections
Term
Handel was a _____________ composer
Definition
German
Term
Vivaldi wrote ___________ music
Definition
secular
Term
F. Couperin was a ___________ composer.
Definition
French
Term
Handel is buried where?
Definition
in Westminster Abbey
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