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