Question

One of the contrasts between the Baroque and Classical styles of music has been described this way: The Baroque style of music has the capacity to convey "dramatic situation," while the Classical style has the capacity to convey "dramatic action." True or false?

Answer 1

Answer:

FALSE

Explanation:

The Baroque style is complex and distinctive while the Classic is more light and rational, but both have a lot of drama, situation and action.

Baroque music, as well as folk art and architecture of the Baroque period, places an emphasis on adornment. Immediately after the Renaissance, Baroque composers were the first to establish multiple instrumentation and use complex harmonies in their compositions. Baroque music favored the strings and other harpsichord instruments, while the classical period preferred the piano, brass and wind instruments. Baroque music also allowed much more improvisation of classical music and featured many more opportunities for soloing ensemble. Baroque composers were also the first to establish opera as a musical genre.

Classical music is generally considered to have started with the invention of sonata. Early classical music was one of the first to express two different moods using sonatas - one more lyrical and one fast-paced - while Baroque music, and its predecessors composed only one mood per movement. The classical era also saw the emphasis on the piano as the main instrument used for performing compositions. Classical composers are governed by many structure rules, notably the evolution of ABA rondo style or ABACA, as opposed to the more common ABACABA baroque rondo style.