Baroque Music Review

2. The most well-known of all the Baroque composers. The inventor of four-part writing and master of the fugue.
4. The most important piece of keyboard music ever written: The Well-Tempered _______
6. a form of instrumental music with three movements.
8. Composers of the baroque era found inspiration not only in religion, but also in this
9. a common musical texture in baroque music that means "many sounds"
11. a French/Portuguese word that means "an irregularly shaped pearl"
12. If you hear this instrument, you are almost certainly hearing baroque music
15. The eventual US President that was born during the baroque era.
17. Two different notes played simultaneously (the relationship between voices that are interdependent harmonically, yet independent in rhythm and contour)
18. Various churches would use this style of vocal solo to celebrate such holidays as Easter and Christmas
19. Church modes transitioned to major and _____ modes
21. Famous for his "Messiah" opera, which contains that well-known "Hallelujah" Chrous
22. The first _____ was written around 1600

1. Baroque composer of "The Four Seasons"
3. When the harpsichord and cello provide the bass for the rest of the ensemble (2 words)
5. Baroque music is similar to this American genre because of its use of improvisation
7. A common form used by Bach that very closely resembles a round in that the same melodic idea is stated at different times by different voices
10. baroque instrument know for its size and use of large pipes that allow air to pass through
13. An opera-length work, but without all the production elements.
14. Most baroque music was written in England, France, Italy, and ________.
16. Baroque music was both religious and ________.
20. Music of the baroque era returned to the Roman and ______ ideals.