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(1685-1750) a composer and organist of the the highest order active in the Baroque period; this is perhaps the greatest composer of polyphony in Western music. His most famous works include the Mass in B minor, St. Matthew Passion, The Well-tempered Clavier, and The Art of Fugue.

Match the letters below with the correct choice on the right. Selections on the right may be used once, more than once, or not at all. In the photoelectric effect, ___A___ are emitted from a metal surface when a light beam is directed on it.  To explain this effect Einstein proposed that light consists of tiny bursts of energy called  ___B___ . Einstein’s formula for the photoelectric effect is very simple: hf = KE + w where hf =  ___C___. KE =  ___D___.  w =___E___.

“The book” or story in an opera production, inclusive of the layout in acts, scenes, and dialogue that the composer sets to music to create an opera.

The primary thematic material in a fugue.

A time-saving device of composers in the Baroque period or code of symbols and numbers above a bass voice that the keyboard or lute players would “realize” or interpret, adding the appropriate intervals of chords suggesting for the given bass melody.

A certain quantity of oxygen occupies a volume of 3 m3 at 17 ºC and ordinary atmospheric pressure (105 N/m2). If the pressure is doubled, but the volume is held constant, the new temperature is ___A___.   For the same quantity of oxygen that occupies a volume of 3 m3 at 17 ºC and ordinary atmospheric pressure (105 N/m2). If the temperature is increasing to 307 ºC, but the pressure is constant, the volume will be ___B___.   Hint: When using the Ideal Gas Law temperature must be converted to Kelvin.

(1685-1759) a famous German organist and composer of opera seria, oratorio, and other instrumental music. He held the position of “Music Director at the Court of Hanover” prior to moving to London and becoming a naturalized English citizen. His most famous composition is the oratorio Messiah.

The missing coefficient in the equation: 2C6H5COOH + 15O2 → 14CO2 + ( )H2O

An operatic scene with multiple characters on stage singing simultaneously.  This became popular in the comic operas of the Classical period. 

The unit in the Baroque orchestra that is comprised of a polyphonic instrument, most often a keyboard instrument or lute, and a bass voice instrument, most often a cello or bassoon. It is responsible for the chordal harmony, generating rhythm, and the bass line.