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The Baroque Period Test #4 Name:_____________________________________________________ 1. What does “Baroque” mean? 2. The term “Baroque” described more than just the style of music during this era. Name another category that was described as “Baroque”? 3. Music is generally made up of three elements: Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony. Which element began to be developed during the Baroque period? 4. Traditionally, historians date the Baroque period between what year and what year? 5. Some chords are attracted to other chords. What is this attraction called? 6. What style of music invented by Arcangelo Corelli and championed by Antonio Vivaldi uses a large group of instruments contrasting with a small group of instruments? 7. Name two Baroque period instruments. 8. Minuet, Allemande, Contredance, Gavotte, Gigue, and Sarabande are all examples of what? 9. Who wrote “Music for the Royal Fireworks”, “Water Music Suite”, and “Messiah”? 10. Who wrote, “Toccata and Fugue”, “Air on a G String”, “The Brandenburg Concertos”? 11. Italian and French composers tended to be Roman Catholic. What faith were German composers typically? 12. What innovation made it possible for different instruments to play with each other and has been adopted all over the world? 13. Who wrote “Canon in D minor”? 14. Whose death is considered the end of the Baroque period? 15. After the end of the Baroque period, what happened to the music in the public mind? Essay: Choose one and write a minimum of one complete paragraph. Make your answer clear and accurate. A. Describe the life of one of the Baroque composers we discussed in class. B. Discuss King Louis XIV of France’s influence and legacy regarding ballet. C. Explain the origins and development of the modern orchestra. Bonus: Choose another essay. Get up to 5 points per extra essay. Video sources for Mr. Porter’s Collins High School General Music How to recognize Baroque art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFHPAbHaoqk BBC Howard Goodall's Story of Music 2of6 The Age of Invention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxsE8wawVA Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major Opus 6 No. 2; 1st part, Voices of Music 4K UHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmauT8eZcM8 Vivaldi, the Red Priest: A Short Biography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlLZd2SO0C4 Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in C Major RV 443 (flautino); Hanneke van Proosdij & Voices of Music 4K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUnFayR1vY Vivaldi ~ Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno), complete; Cynthia Freivogel, Voices of Music 4K RV 297 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPdk5GaIDjo Johann Sebastian Bach - Mini Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvyLebqTtW4 Celtic Woman - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPeVIuRjUi4 Toccata & Fugue in d minor (BACH, J.S.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw Air on the G String (Suite No. 3, BWV 1068) J. 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Bach, original instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlw6fUux4o Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: Complete 4K UHD; Voices of Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdsyNwUoON0 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major BWV 1049, complete; Voices of Music 4K UHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrSKXgTks_w Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major BWV 1050: FestspielOrchester Göttingen 4K UHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS2_2ZE3M98 Howard Goodall Big Bangs 2 Equal Temperament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41g2fSYZ4Sc How to Dance Through Time: The Elegance of Baroque | A preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wlU4PP1eUI Bath Minuet Ball Demo 2013, Dance 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUIfggcILEk Baroque Dance - L'Allemande: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZWDrjLO7r4 Basic Steps for a Gavotte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKOXVE_pskA Baroque Dance: Gavotte a 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZGcW2JX7rk Gavotte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo1LfU67XJc BBC - The Birth of British Music: Handel The Conquering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYR5TP_Y_JA G.F.Haendel - Watermusic (Minuett I-II-etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yurw5Cf4HY G.F.Haendel - Watermusic (PART II: Air-Menuet-Bourreé-etc.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epmG43H9D98 G.F.Haendel - Watermusic (PART III: Hornpipe-Menuet-Rigaudon I/II-etc.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fa2wZEsRWM Royal Choral Society: 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZEtVbJT5c Time Travel Through Music - Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcDfozjh99M Counterpoint - The Story of the Baroque Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnV8IQRpVE Pachelbel Canon in D Major - the original and best version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0 The Baroque Period Test #4 Name:_____________________________________________________ 1. What does “Baroque” mean? Very ornate, very elaborate, lots of extra decoration, dynamic, theatrical, flamboyant, organic 2. The term “Baroque” described more than just the style of music during this era. Name another category that was described as “Baroque”? Art, Fashion, Architecture, Literature 3. Music is generally made up of three elements: Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony. Which element began to be developed during the Baroque period? Harmony 4. Traditionally, historians date the Baroque period between what year and what year? 1600-1750 5. Some chords are attracted to other chords. What is this attraction called? Harmonic Progression 6. What style of music invented by Arcangelo Corelli and championed by Antonio Vivaldi uses a large group of instruments contrasting with a small group of instruments? Concerto 7. Name two Baroque period instruments. Harpsichord, Wood Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Hand Horn, Jangling Johnny, 5-string cello, violin, etc. 8. Minuet, Allemande, Contredance, Gavotte, Gigue, and Sarabande are all examples of what? Baroque dances 9. Who wrote “Music for the Royal Fireworks”, “Water Music Suite”, and “Messiah”? G.F. Handel 10. Who wrote, “Toccata and Fugue”, “Air on a G String”, “The Brandenburg Concertos”? J.S. Bach 11. Italian and French composers tended to be Roman Catholic. What faith were German composers typically? Protestant 12. What innovation made it possible for different instruments to play with each other and has been adopted all over the world? Equal temperament 13. Who wrote “Canon in D minor”? Pachelbel 14. Whose death is considered the end of the Baroque period? J.S. Bach 15. After the end of the Baroque period, what happened to the music in the public mind? It was forgotten Essay: Choose one and write a minimum of one complete paragraph. Make your answer clear and accurate. D. Describe the life of one of the Baroque composers we discussed in class. E. Discuss King Louis XIV of France’s influence and legacy regarding ballet. F. Explain the origins and development of the modern orchestra. Bonus: Choose another essay. Get up to 5 points per extra essay. .