Select two differences between chamber music and orchestral music. 

When composers used dynamics in the Baroque Period, what dynamic would they NOT include?

Why was it unique for Barbara Strozzi to be a well known composer during this time period?

Which two answers are examples of genres that started in the Baroque Period?

Which composer had twenty children and wrote over 300 cantatas? (In class, I said he had 16 children.)

Were operas sacred or secular?

Which opera style is humorous or comedy and can be sung in many different languages, not just Italian?

Which word describes the music and architecture of the Baroque Period compared to the Renaissance?

Why was there an increase in instrumental secular music in the Baroque Period? (choose two)

Pretend you are going to an opera performance. Which type of performance would you choose to see opera buffa or opera seria? Give two reasons why you chose this style.

(This question is worth three points, one for your choice of opera buffa or opera seria, and two point for each reason.)