Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2021 » Chapter 20 Quiz

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Question #1
The Baroque genre that is characterized by one or more solo instruments and orchestra is the:
A.   concerto
B.   suite
C.   sonata
Question #2
Vivaldi is famous for writing instrumental music that depicts a scene without the use of sung words, a style called:
A.   absolute music
B.   word painting
C.   program music
Question #3
The solo instrument featured in Vivaldi's Spring concerto is the:
A.   harpsichord
B.   cello
C.   violin
Question #4
The tempo scheme of the movements in Vivaldi's Spring concerto is best described as:
A.   slow-moderate-fast
B.   slow-fast-slow-fast
C.   fast-slow-fast
Question #5
What is the unifying procedure in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
A.   ground bass
B.   fugal treatment
C.   ritornello
Question #6
How does Vivaldi musically evoke the image of birds in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
A.   with a harmonic drone
B.   with an insistent rhythmic pattern
C.   with high trills and running scales
Question #7
How does Vivaldi evoke the image of a thunder and lightning storm in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
A.   with the repetition of the refrain
B.   with repeated notes and fast ascending scales
C.   with staccato notes and trills
Question #8
What makes The Four Seasons a programmatic work?
A.   It is based on a play of the same name.
B.   It is based on a painting of the same name.
C.   It is based on a set of poems, one for each season.
Question #9
The first movement of Vivaldi’s concerto Spring is in __________ form.
A.   ritornello
B.   ternary
C.   rondo
Question #10
Who were students at the Conservatorio dell’Ospedale della Pietà in Baroque Venice?
A.   young male aristocrats
B.   young female orphans and aristocrats
C.   young orphaned boys
Question #11
Vivaldi himself was a fine musician on which instrument?
A.   violin
B.   mandolin
C.   piccolo
Question #12
The second movement of Vivaldi’s Spring concerto depicts the sound of a:
A.   dog barking
B.   springtime storm
C.   rustic dance
Question #13
In the third movement of his concerto, Spring, Vivaldi emulates the sound of bagpipes by incorporating a:
A.   drone
B.   compound meter
C.   ritornello
Question #14
Which Baroque composer was known as the "red priest"?
A.   George Frideric Handel
B.   Antonio Vivaldi
C.   Johann Sebastian Bach
Question #15
Which Baroque composer wrote over 200 solo concertos for violin?
A.   George Frideric Handel
B.   Johann Sebastian Bach
C.   Antonio Vivaldi
Question #16
The standard Baroque concerto has three movements.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
The oboe was the most featured instrument in Vivaldi’s concerto compositions.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #18
The middle movement of a Baroque concerto was typically set in a fast tempo.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #19
The final movement in a Baroque concerto was typically set in a fast tempo.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #20
Vivaldi’s concertos were mostly written to be performed by girls.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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