Exam 8: The Early Baroque Period

Define,compare,and contrast basso continuo and ground bass.

Briefly describe how Baroque music differs from Renaissance music in terms of rhythm,meter,texture,and harmony.You can put your answer in chart form if you wish.

Fugues were composed and improvised mainly by:

During which phase of Monteverdi's career did he compose The Coronation of Poppea?

The genre of keyboard work that emphasizes imitative polyphony is the:

Which texture gained prominence in seventeenth-century Venice?

In the aria part of The Coronation of Poppea,what does not change from section to section?

Define fugue in terms of texture and themes.Explain what sort of musician would be most likely to write and improvise fugues.

The keyboard virtuoso and composer who was influenced a century later by Frescobaldi's music was:

Outline the flow of this Gambian song.

Summarize the career and types of compositions of Henry Purcell.

"Remember me,but ah,forget my fate" is part of the text of:

Which accurately describes the Baroque treatment of meter?

Define and contrast recitative and aria.Address their musical and dramatic differences.

The foremost organ virtuoso of the early seventeenth century was: