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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MUSICHISTORYCULTURE
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Question 1: bach completed just over two hundred cantatas in his life time
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true
Question 2: which is not true of the rococo
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it emphasized the grandiose Question 3: In the classical multimovement cycle the third movement is usually in
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minuet and trio form
Question 4: a chorale is a hymn tune associated with german protestantism
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true
Question 5: the opening section of a fugue in which all voices introduce the subject successively is called the
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exposition Question 6: the therm trio sonata refers to the number of parts, or musical lines rather than the number of players
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true Question 7: the new baroque style of vocal music for one singer with instrumental accompaniment was known as monophony
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false Question 8: theme and variation form often utilizes which of the following compositional techniques
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melodic variation harmonic variation rhythmic variation all of the above
Question 9: at the beginning of a fague the countersubject is stated alone
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false
Question 10: bach's the art of fugue was scored for strings
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false Question 11: the aria when i am laid in earth is unified by descending chromatic scale ground bass
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true
Question 12: the approximate dates of the baroque period
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1600-1750
Question 13: although j.s bach had twenty children none of them became musicians
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false Question 14: the element of baroque music that reflected composers interest in faraway lands is
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exoticism Question 15: who was the greatest and most prolific italian composer of concertos
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vivaldi
Question 16: the strings of a harpsichord are plucked by quills
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true
Question 17: a highly emotional song in an opera is called
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an aria
Question 18: who composed the brandenburg concertos
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bach
Question 19: baroque music often features a steady vigourous beat throughout
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ture
Question 20: the eastern seaboard of the united states and parts of coastal canada were settled in the seventeenth century largely by roman catholics
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false
Question 21: The solo group in a concerto grosso is called
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the concertino Question 22: a sindonia is a short instrumental passage that facilitates scene changes
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true Question 23: which eighteenth century french composer wrote the treatise on harmony which set forth concepts leading to modern musical theory
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jean philippe rameau Question 24: In opera, the lyric melodies that release emotional tension are called recitatives
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False Question 25: the hallelujah chorus is the climax of the easter section of messiah
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false Question 26: the three main keyboard instruments of the baroque were the harpsichord, organ and piano
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false
Question 27: the text of an opera is called
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the libretto
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