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