What was one cultural reason for the establishment of a collegium musicum?

The repeating bass patterns used by early Baroque composers built upon well-established musical traditions.

What type of work sets the story of Jesus’s crucifixion?

What was one purpose of J.S. Bach’s keyboard works?

The second movement of a Haydn symphony

The dominant texture in early Baroque music is polyphony.

List the instruments that perform in a string quartet.

Handel’s most important innovation in his oratorios was his use of the

The uniform bowing and precision demanded by this composer became the foundation for the modern orchestra.

Which of these genres is not a predecessor of the symphony?