Baroque Period Music Topics for Discussion

Baroque Period Music Topics for Discussion
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1. How are cantata, mass, and oratorio different from each other? How are they similar?
2. How did Baroque composers and performers use dynamics?
3. In what ways are the cantata, oratorio, and opera similar? In what ways are they different?
4. Is it generally easier to sing or play Baroque melodies? Why?
5. What are the similarities between recitative and aria? What are the differences?
6. What is a fugue? What elements make up a fugue?
7. What is the difference between solo concerto and concerto grosso?
8. What role did women play in creating or performing music of the Baroque period?
9. Why do some individuals claim that opera is the purest integration of the arts?
10. Why do you feel many composers selected the Mass as a subject for musical composition?
11. Why is J.S. Bach considered the most important composer of the Baroque period?
12. Why is opera considered the most characteristic art form of the Baroque period?