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