Baroque Music quiz
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Whose death in 1750 marks the end of the Baroque era?
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In which country was Handel born?
Answer: Germany
Why: He was born in Halle in February 1685, less than a month before Bach was born in Eisenach.
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What bass line with improvised chords backs nearly all Baroque music?
Answer: Basso continuo
Why: Players worked out the chords from numbers written above or below the bass, a shorthand called figured bass.
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In what year was 'Albinoni's Adagio' first published?
Answer: 1958
Why: Its real composer, Remo Giazotto, cited an Albinoni fragment in a Dresden library that has no record of it.
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Which teenage king danced as the rising sun in a 1653 ballet?
Answer: Louis XIV
Why: The overnight court ballet he starred in, the Ballet royal de la nuit, lasted about 13 hours.
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What kind of work is Handel's Messiah?
Answer: Oratorio
Why: Handel filled the 259 pages of its manuscript in just 24 days in 1741.
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Which instrument plays a barking dog in Vivaldi's Spring?
Answer: Viola
Why: A sonnet printed with the music describes the scene: a goatherd asleep beside his faithful dog.
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