Johann Sebastian Bach - Quiz
A) 1685 B) 1650 C) 1720 D) 1735
A) Germany B) Italy C) France D) Austria
A) Organ B) Piano C) Flute D) Violin
A) Brandenburg Concertos B) The Well-Tempered Clavier C) Musical Offering D) Mass in B minor
A) Haydn B) Beethoven C) Mozart D) Brahms
A) Anna Magdalena B) Regina Susanna C) Elisabeth Juliana D) Maria Barbara
A) Classical B) Modern C) Baroque D) Romantic
A) Prelude in E major B) Prelude in D minor C) Prelude in C major D) Prelude in G major
A) Mendelssohn B) Brahms C) Schumann D) Forkel
A) Eisenach B) Köthen C) Leipzig D) Weimar
A) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach B) Felix Mendelssohn C) Wilhelm Friedemann Bach D) Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
A) Thomaskantor B) Organist at St. Thomas Church C) Director of Collegium Musicum D) Court composer of the Elector of Saxony
A) Leipzig B) Mühlhausen C) Eisenach D) Arnstadt
A) Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin B) St. Matthew Passion C) Goldberg Variations D) Cello Suites
A) Cello Suites B) The Well-Tempered Clavier C) Mass in B minor D) Brandenburg Concertos
A) The Art of Fugue B) Brandenburg Concertos C) Goldberg Variations D) St. Matthew Passion
A) Six B) Two C) Four D) Eight
A) Leipzig B) Arnstadt C) Köthen D) Eisenach
A) Brandenburg Concertos B) St. Matthew Passion C) Collegium Musicum D) Cello Suites
A) Primarily secular themes B) Focus on solo piano works C) Use of electronic instruments D) Mastery of counterpoint
A) Bassoon B) Percussion C) Keyboard D) Guitar
A) Financial disagreements B) Lack of musical talent C) His responsibilities and expectations D) Religious conflicts
A) Brandenburg Concertos B) Mass in B minor C) St. Matthew Passion D) Goldberg Variations
A) Johann Pachelbel B) Johann Christoph Bach C) Vitus Bach D) Johann Ambrosius Bach
A) Vitus Bach B) Georg Böhm C) Johann Pachelbel D) Johann Christoph Bach
A) Johann Pachelbel B) Johann Caspar Kerll C) Georg Böhm D) Dieterich Buxtehude
A) Harpsichord B) Violin C) Clavichord D) Organ
A) On a ship B) In a carriage C) By horseback D) Mostly on foot
A) An orchestra for practice B) The school's comprehensive musical library C) A private tutor for music theory D) Exclusive manuscripts of famous composers
A) Thirteen B) Six C) Seven D) Four
A) 1720 B) 1713 C) 1721 D) 1707
A) Thirteen B) Seven C) Six D) Four
A) Catharina Dorothea B) Regina Susanna C) Johann Gottfried Bernhard D) Elisabeth Juliane Friederica
A) Dieterich Buxtehude B) Johann Adam Reincken C) Prince Leopold D) P. D. Kräuter
A) Weimar B) Lübeck C) Köthen D) Mühlhausen
A) Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 B) Organ Concerto No.1 in G Major, BWV 592 C) Concerto for Organ solo in C major, BWV 595 D) Gott ist mein König, BWV 71
A) 1730 B) 1717 C) 1708 D) 1723
A) 1708 B) 1723 C) 1730 D) 1717
A) Secular music B) Choral works C) Religious cantatas D) Operas
A) Brandenburg Concertos B) Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin C) Orchestral suites D) Cello Suites
A) A viola da gamba concerto B) An oboe concerto C) A cello concerto D) A violin concerto
A) Supportive B) Generous C) Penny-pinching D) Indifferent
A) Per omnes versus B) Through-composed C) Strophic form D) Binary form
A) Ornamentation B) Four-part harmony C) Lively ballets with rapid rhythm D) Slow and stately movements
A) Palestrina, Kerll, Torri, Bassani, Gasparini, Caldara B) Lully, Charpentier, Couperin, Rameau C) Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert D) Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Corelli, Telemann
A) Around the 1970s B) During his lifetime C) In the early 20th century D) In the late 19th century
A) 15 March 1750 B) 1 January 1750 C) 31 December 1749 D) 28 July 1750
A) The 1710s B) The 1720s C) The 1740s D) The 1730s
A) Antonio Vivaldi B) George Frideric Handel C) Jean-Baptiste Lully D) François Couperin
A) Neither is featured prominently. B) Both as continuo parts. C) One as a soloist and the other as accompaniment. D) As equal soloists.
A) Three B) Two C) One D) Four
A) Corelli B) Marcello C) Torelli D) Vivaldi
A) Six B) One C) Three D) Five
A) The music was found in 1735. B) Bach's music for it survives intact. C) Both the music and the libretto are lost. D) It is lost, but the libretto by Picander is extant.
A) Harpsichord B) Fortepiano C) Clavichord D) Organ
A) Lorenz Christoph Mizler B) Heinrich von Brühl C) Johann Christoph Altnickol D) King Frederick the Great
A) Antonio Vivaldi B) Giuseppe Torelli C) Arcangelo Corelli D) Benedetto Marcello
A) Ludwig van Beethoven. B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. C) Joseph Haydn. D) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
A) Christmas Oratorio B) Coffee Cantata C) Brandenburg Concertos D) Well-Tempered Clavier
A) The 1710s B) The 1730s C) The 1720s D) The 1740s
A) Three-part harmony B) Four-part harmony C) Five-part harmony D) Two-part harmony
A) French, referring to a musical journey. B) Italian, indicating a fast-paced composition. C) Greek, meaning "to sing together." D) Latin for "flight" or "escape."
A) Three B) Seven C) Two D) Five
A) Complications due to unsuccessful eye surgery B) Natural causes C) A stroke without prior complications D) Pneumonia
A) 1800 B) 1750 C) 1894 D) 1900
A) Counterpoint B) Use of continuo instruments C) Opera compositions D) Four-part harmony
A) Breitkopf & Härtel B) Bach-Gesellschaft C) Berlin Sing-Akademie D) Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
A) Fictional novels B) Science textbooks C) Historical manuscripts D) Sacred books
A) Jean-Baptiste Lully B) François Couperin C) Johann Sebastian Bach D) George Frideric Handel
A) 1775 B) 1751 C) 1749 D) 1760
A) Saxon B) Bavarian C) Prussian D) Hessian
A) 1754 B) 1750 C) 1775 D) 1760
A) Homophony B) Monody C) Polyphony D) Counterpoint
A) Handel had left town B) Bach decided to stay in Köthen C) Bach lost his way D) The meeting was canceled by Leopold
A) Opera B) Suites C) Concertos D) Chorale preludes
A) Viola da gamba B) Double bass C) Mandolin D) Harp
A) 1730 B) 1714 C) 1701 D) 1723
A) 27 B) 30 C) 15 D) 20
A) Schübler Chorales B) Art of Fugue C) Goldberg Variations D) Musical Offering
A) Spinet B) Piano C) Clavichord D) Organ
A) They used only German styles. B) They imitated the operatic vocal style. C) They avoided ornamentation. D) They simplified liturgical compositions.
A) Good Friday, 11 April 1727 B) Easter Sunday, 1728 C) Good Friday, 23 March 1731 D) Christmas Day, 1727
A) Gottfried van Swieten. B) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. C) Ludwig van Beethoven. D) Johann Sebastian Bach himself.
A) Simplified harmonies. B) Additional instruments. C) Explicit ornamentation. D) A new melody line.
A) Assumption of Mary B) Annunciation C) Visitation D) Immaculate Conception
A) Telemann B) Kuhnau C) Handel D) Bach
A) 1745 B) 1747 C) 1749 D) 1750
A) Johann Sebastian Bach himself B) Wilhelm Friedemann, Bach's oldest son C) Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen D) The court secretary
A) Tonal system B) Modal system C) Polyphonic system D) Monophonic system
A) E Aeolian B) G Lydian C) A Phrygian D) D Dorian
A) Christoph Graupner B) Georg Philipp Telemann C) Frederick Augustus D) Johann Kuhnau
A) Catharina Dorothea Bach B) Maria Barbara Bach C) Anna Magdalena Bach D) Elisabeth Juliane Friederica
A) Mizler's Musikalische Bibliothek B) The Leipzig Gazette C) Harmonia Mundi D) Musical Times
A) The Lutheran chorale B) French overture C) English madrigals D) Italian opera
A) Arcangelo Corelli B) Giuseppe Torelli C) Benedetto Marcello D) Antonio Vivaldi
A) Lorenz Christoph Mizler B) John Taylor C) Elias Gottlob Haussmann D) George Frideric Handel
A) None B) Almost all C) Just one or two D) Only a few
A) Kapellmeister B) Cantor at the Thomasschule C) Thomaskantor D) Court composer
A) Rhythm B) Harmony C) Melody D) Structure
A) 1727 B) 1725 C) 1729 D) 1723 |
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