Quiz: The Early Baroque

1. Question

What emotion is appropriately evoked by the words and melody of this piece?

Intense love
Profound sorrow
Victorious joy

2. Question

Domenico Scarlatti composed many pieces in sonata form at a demanding level for which instrument?

harpsichord
violin
guitar
virginal

3. Question

In addition to being a composer and violinist, Vivaldi was also a(n)…

ordained priest.
accomplished painter.
royal heir.
noted dancer.

4. Question

Which Latin word is the conventional term for telling a composer’s works apart from one another?

opus
corpus
Kirkpatricus
korpus

5. Question

Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer of French Baroque music, led an intriguing life. Which all of the following are FALSE?

He wasn’t French by birth.
He ran away from a monastery when he was young.
He started his career as a dishwasher.
He treated French composers badly to promote himself.

6. Question

Which composer focused on music to accompany dance performances, and which on instrumental music?

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Lully
Couperin

Dance music: tune is secondary to visual performance
Instrumental music: intricate tunes for intent listening

7. Question

True or False: One of Couperin’s distinguishing features is his choice of particular, rather than generic, names for his pieces.

True
False

8. Question

Which of the following might be Couperin’s greatest contribution to the development of music as we know it today?

Incorporating multiple languages into his operas.
Composing music that only extremely skilled musicians could play.
Using music as the illustration of ideas and subjects not connected with it by words sung or scenes acted.
Crafting a new, hybrid instrument.

9. Question

On which instrument is the following selection being played?

10. Question

What was the biggest hindrance to musical development in England during the middle of the seventeenth century (before Henry Purcell)?

All the talented musicians had left for France.
Theaters and cathedral services had been banned for some time.
King Charles II preferred sport to music.
Most of the music by English composers in the previous century had been lost.

11. Question

For which of the following reasons may Purcell be considered a great composer?

He composed without any reference to—or influence from—other composers.
He composed fine works in every form that was available at the time.
He composed more pieces than any other composer.
He was an outstanding musician as well as a composer.

12. Question

Which of Purcell’s works survives in many films, completely separate from the play for which it was composed?

Abdelazer or The Moor’s Revenge
Arthur or The Song of Camelot
Aeneas or The Fall of Troy

13. Question

Match the following musical selections from Purcell to their correct forms. There is one of each.

Selection 1:

Selection 2:

Selection 3:

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Selection 1
Selection 3
Selection 2

Aria from an opera
Sonata in three parts
Sacred music for the church

14. Question

Select all of the following which are true of Heinrich Schütz.

He enjoyed a university education and foreign travel.
He wanted to preserve the grandeur of older church music while adding new developments from musical forms outside of Germany.
He influenced German music without holding any court positions.
He learned a great deal from contemporary Italian composers.

15. Question

Which composer, whose chorales built on well-known hymn tunes and whose instrumental music brought evening “concerts” to the church, was an inspiration to the later J. S. Bach?

Heinrich Schütz
Martin Luther
Leo Hassler
Dietrich Buxtehude

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