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Reading Quiz for Chapter 10

Read Chapter 10 in your book and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

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In Baroque instrumental music, what did composers rely on to let listeners know what to expect and roughly how long a piece would last?
A. program notes
B. conventional forms and genres
C. melody and texture
D. rhythm and meter

In Baroque instrumental music, what did composers rely on to let listeners know what to expect and roughly how long a piece would last?

Correct.

Incorrect. See the opening of Chapter 10.
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The most important orchestral genres of the Baroque era were the concerto and the concerto grosso. What is the basic idea underlying these genres?
A. a complementary blending of performing forces
B. composing short, concise instrumental works
C. a composition in which soloists are the dominant feature
D. contrast between the orchestra and a soloist or small group of soloists

The most important orchestral genres of the Baroque era were the concerto and the concerto grosso. What is the basic idea underlying these genres?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Concerto and Concerto Grosso in Chapter 10.
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What is a movement?
A. a self-contained section of a larger work of music
B. a transition from one key to another
C. a change in rhythm and meter
D. a tempo indication

What is a movement?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Movements in Chapter 10.
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What is ritornello form?
A. a form that relies on successive, uninterrupted repetition of one clearly defined melody
B. a form in which the ritornello (orchestral material) recurs many times, alternating with passages of music for solo instruments.
C. a self-contained section of a larger work of music
D. a persistent, repeating bass pattern

What is ritornello form?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Ritornello Form in Chapter 10.
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Which is true of a ritornello?
A. It returns only once, at the end of a movement.
B. It is played by the soloist.
C. It always returns in full and in the same key.
D. It usually returns only in part and in different keys as the movement proceeds.

Which is true of a ritornello?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Ritornello Form in Chapter 10.
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What is variation form?
A. a form in which orchestral material recurs many times, alternating with passages of music for solo instruments
B. a persistent, repeating bass pattern
C. a form in which a single melody is repeated many times without interruption, but with changes in harmony, dynamics, or tone color
D. a form that repeats a melody many times without any changes

What is variation form?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Baroque Variation Form: The Ground Bass in Chapter 10.
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What is basso ostinato?
A. a broken chord
B. a form in which a single melody is repeated many times without interruption, but with changes in harmony, dynamics, or tone color
C. a persistent, repeating bass pattern
D. a polyphonic composition for several instrumental lines or voices, built on a single theme

What is basso ostinato?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Baroque Variation Form: The Ground Bass in Chapter 10.
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Which composer was an internationally famous virtuoso violinist?
A. Antonio Vivaldi
B. Johann Sebastian Bach
C. George Frideric Handel
D. Jean-Philippe Rameau

Which composer was an internationally famous virtuoso violinist?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Biography: Antonio Vivaldi in Chapter 10.
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Which composer was a church organist and worked for a time in a court position for the Duke of Weimar and later at a church in Leipzig, Germany?
A. Antonio Vivaldi
B. Johann Sebastian Bach
C. George Frideric Handel
D. Jean-Philippe Rameau

Which composer was a church organist and worked for a time in a court position for the Duke of Weimar and later at a church in Leipzig, Germany?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Biography: Johann Sebastian Bach in Chapter 10.
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The principal theme of a fugue, which appears again and again in each of the instrumental or vocal lines, is called the
A. stretto.
B. exposition.
C. inversion.
D. subject.

The principal theme of a fugue, which appears again and again in each of the instrumental or vocal lines, is called the

Correct.

Incorrect. See Fugue in Chapter 10.
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Passages of music that separate subject entries in a fugue and provide contrast to them are called
A. stretto.
B. countersubjects.
C. episodes.
D. arpeggios.

Passages of music that separate subject entries in a fugue and provide contrast to them are called

Correct.

Incorrect. See Fugal Exposition in Chapter 10.
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What is contained in Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier?
A. preludes and fugues written in every key and in both major and minor modes
B. a collection of concertos and concerto grossi
C. instructions for building well-tuned harpsichords
D. a collection of Baroque dances

What is contained in Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier in Chapter 10.
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Chords that are “broken,” meaning their pitches are played in quick succession rather than simultaneously, are called
A. countersubjects.
B. arpeggios.
C. inversions.
D. preludes.

Chords that are “broken,” meaning their pitches are played in quick succession rather than simultaneously, are called

Correct.

Incorrect. See Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier in Chapter 10.
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A common practice in the Baroque era was to put a collection of miscellaneous dances together in a genre called a
A. suite.
B. fugue.
C. grouping.
D. gigue.

A common practice in the Baroque era was to put a collection of miscellaneous dances together in a genre called a

Correct.

Incorrect. See The Dance Suite in Chapter 10.
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Baroque dance form is also called binary form, meaning
A. it has two sections, a and b, each of which is repeated (a a b b).
B. each dance is stylized.
C. each dance ends with a strong cadence.
D. it has three sections, A B A.

Baroque dance form is also called binary form, meaning

Correct.

Incorrect. See Baroque Dance Form in Chapter 10.

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