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Music History Review Lisa Evans In what era would you hear a Concerto Grosso consisting of a small group of soloists pitted against a larger section being performed at a court concert? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque Correct! A Concerto Grosso was developed during the Baroque Time Period! Madrigals are pieces for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love which uses plenty of word painting. In what era was this form developed? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque In what era would you hear a fugue which is a polyphonic composition based on one main theme? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque An estampie is an example of instrumental music written during what era? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque What late 17th Century English composer is buried beneath the organ in Westminster Abbey? Purcell Palestrina Vivaldi Please try again! Music Directors had to provide Church cantatas for every Sunday and holiday. What famous composer during this era wrote about 295 with 195 cantatas still in existence? Machaut Handel Bach Instruments like the sackbut, the shawm, the recorder, and the lute are popular during what era? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque What era witnessed the development of the opera which is a drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque The Notre Dame Mass is the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary written by Guillaume de Machaut during what era? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque CORRECT! Machaut is the composer of the Notre Dame Mass written for 4 voices. What composer wrote the Messiah in just 24 days? The first performance was a benefit for people in debtor’s prison. Handel Monteverdi Vivaldi SORRY! Vivaldi is incorrect. Please try again! CORRECT! Handel wrote the Messiah. In fact, to increase the capacity of audience members, women were asked not to wear hoop-skirts and men were asked to leave their swords at home for the premier. The focal point for music in Venice was at St. Mark’s Cathedral. The composers of this time period were called the Venetian school. What Era are they from? Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque SORRY! The Baroque is incorrect! Please try again! CORRECT! Venetian school composers are from the Renaissance. These composers often wrote choral pieces that contained parts written exclusively for instruments. They also tended to write music in homophonic texture. The End