The Baroque period, which lasted from about 1600 to about 1750, [sets / sits] between the

Renaissance and the Classical periods.

 

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L-4 Words Often Confused

EXERCISE 1 / Using Commonly Confused Words. Underline the word in brackets that makes

sense in each of the following sentences. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the

back of the book.

EXAMPLE

1. Most reference works about music say or [imply / infer] that Johann Sebastian Bach was the

greatest composer of the Baroque period.

2. Bach’s music [lays / lies] at a kind of intersection of the northern German contrapuntal style

and the lively Italian style.

3. Bach’s works were almost forgotten after his death, but [than / then] in the nineteenth

century his reputation grew.

4. Bach [lead / led] other composers to create harpsichord concertos, a genre he invented.

5. Bach’s full body of work also [composes / comprises] church and secular cantatas, a mass,

preludes, fugues, sonatas, and suites.

6. Compared with the heavy texture of Baroque music, the Classical style became known for

[its / it’s] lightness and simplicity.

7. The [principal / principle] composers of the Classical period were Franz Joseph Haydn,

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

8. Their genius produced [sensual / sensuous] string quartets, symphonies, and operas.

9. The piano [raised / rose] to prominence over the harpsichord and clavichord in the Classical

period.

10. [As / Like] the aristocracy had once enjoyed music in the courts of mighty rulers, the

growing middle class in the Classical period experienced it at public concerts.

Name: _____________________________________________________ Class/section: ________________________________