A) 1720 B) 1735 C) 1650 D) 1685
A) Germany B) France C) Austria D) Italy
A) Violin B) Piano C) Flute D) Organ
A) Mass in B minor B) Musical Offering C) The Well-Tempered Clavier D) Brandenburg Concertos
A) Mozart B) Brahms C) Haydn D) Beethoven
A) Maria Barbara B) Elisabeth Juliana C) Regina Susanna D) Anna Magdalena
A) Modern B) Romantic C) Baroque D) Classical
A) Prelude in D minor B) Prelude in E major C) Prelude in C major D) Prelude in G major
A) Forkel B) Mendelssohn C) Brahms D) Schumann
A) Köthen B) Eisenach C) Leipzig D) Weimar
A) Wilhelm Friedemann Bach B) Felix Mendelssohn C) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach D) Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
A) Director of Collegium Musicum B) Thomaskantor C) Court composer of the Elector of Saxony D) Organist at St. Thomas Church
A) Arnstadt B) Eisenach C) Mühlhausen D) Leipzig
A) St. Matthew Passion B) Cello Suites C) Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin D) Goldberg Variations
A) Brandenburg Concertos B) Mass in B minor C) Cello Suites D) The Well-Tempered Clavier
A) Brandenburg Concertos B) Goldberg Variations C) The Art of Fugue D) St. Matthew Passion
A) Eight B) Four C) Two D) Six
A) Köthen B) Eisenach C) Leipzig D) Arnstadt
A) Collegium Musicum B) St. Matthew Passion C) Brandenburg Concertos D) Cello Suites
A) Mastery of counterpoint B) Use of electronic instruments C) Focus on solo piano works D) Primarily secular themes
A) Percussion B) Keyboard C) Guitar D) Bassoon
A) His responsibilities and expectations B) Religious conflicts C) Lack of musical talent D) Financial disagreements
A) Brandenburg Concertos B) Goldberg Variations C) St. Matthew Passion D) Mass in B minor
A) Vitus Bach B) Johann Ambrosius Bach C) Johann Pachelbel D) Johann Christoph Bach
A) Georg Böhm B) Johann Pachelbel C) Johann Christoph Bach D) Vitus Bach
A) Johann Caspar Kerll B) Johann Pachelbel C) Georg Böhm D) Dieterich Buxtehude
A) Violin B) Organ C) Clavichord D) Harpsichord
A) On a ship B) In a carriage C) Mostly on foot D) By horseback
A) Exclusive manuscripts of famous composers B) An orchestra for practice C) A private tutor for music theory D) The school's comprehensive musical library
A) Six B) Seven C) Thirteen D) Four
A) 1713 B) 1720 C) 1721 D) 1707
A) Thirteen B) Seven C) Six D) Four
A) Elisabeth Juliane Friederica B) Regina Susanna C) Catharina Dorothea D) Johann Gottfried Bernhard
A) Prince Leopold B) Johann Adam Reincken C) P. D. Kräuter D) Dieterich Buxtehude
A) Weimar B) Lübeck C) Mühlhausen D) Köthen
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) 1708 B) 1717 C) 1730 D) 1723
A) 1708 B) 1717 C) 1730 D) 1723
A) Operas B) Secular music C) Religious cantatas D) Choral works
A) Cello Suites B) Brandenburg Concertos C) Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin D) Orchestral suites
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) Strophic form B) Per omnes versus C) Through-composed D) Binary form
A) Four-part harmony B) Slow and stately movements C) Ornamentation D) Lively ballets with rapid rhythm
A) Lully, Charpentier, Couperin, Rameau B) Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert C) Palestrina, Kerll, Torri, Bassani, Gasparini, Caldara 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) 1 January 1750 B) 15 March 1750 C) 28 July 1750 D) 31 December 1749
A) The 1730s B) The 1720s C) The 1740s D) The 1710s
A) Jean-Baptiste Lully B) George Frideric Handel C) Antonio Vivaldi D) François Couperin
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) One B) Three C) Two D) Four
A) Torelli B) Vivaldi C) Marcello D) Corelli
A) Three B) Five C) Six D) One
A) It is lost, but the libretto by Picander is extant. B) Bach's music for it survives intact. C) The music was found in 1735. D) Both the music and the libretto are lost.
A) Clavichord B) Harpsichord C) Fortepiano D) Organ
A) King Frederick the Great B) Johann Christoph Altnickol C) Heinrich von Brühl D) Lorenz Christoph Mizler
A) Benedetto Marcello B) Antonio Vivaldi C) Giuseppe Torelli D) Arcangelo Corelli
A) Ludwig van Beethoven. B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. C) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. D) Joseph Haydn.
A) Christmas Oratorio B) Coffee Cantata C) Well-Tempered Clavier D) Brandenburg Concertos
A) The 1730s B) The 1720s C) The 1740s D) The 1710s
A) Five-part harmony B) Three-part harmony C) Four-part harmony D) Two-part harmony
A) Italian, indicating a fast-paced composition. B) Greek, meaning "to sing together." C) Latin for "flight" or "escape." D) French, referring to a musical journey.
A) Three B) Seven C) Two D) Five
A) A stroke without prior complications B) Pneumonia C) Complications due to unsuccessful eye surgery D) Natural causes
A) 1750 B) 1894 C) 1900 D) 1800
A) Opera compositions B) Counterpoint C) Use of continuo instruments D) Four-part harmony
A) Bach-Gesellschaft B) Berlin Sing-Akademie C) Breitkopf & Härtel D) Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
A) Fictional novels B) Historical manuscripts C) Sacred books D) Science textbooks
A) Johann Sebastian Bach B) Jean-Baptiste Lully C) George Frideric Handel D) François Couperin
A) 1775 B) 1751 C) 1760 D) 1749
A) Saxon B) Bavarian C) Prussian D) Hessian
A) 1754 B) 1750 C) 1760 D) 1775
A) Polyphony B) Homophony C) Counterpoint D) Monody
A) The meeting was canceled by Leopold B) Bach lost his way C) Bach decided to stay in Köthen D) Handel had left town
A) Suites B) Chorale preludes C) Concertos D) Opera
A) Mandolin B) Double bass C) Viola da gamba D) Harp
A) 1723 B) 1714 C) 1730 D) 1701
A) 20 B) 27 C) 30 D) 15
A) Art of Fugue B) Goldberg Variations C) Musical Offering D) Schübler Chorales
A) Piano B) Organ C) Clavichord D) Spinet
A) They used only German styles. B) They simplified liturgical compositions. C) They avoided ornamentation. D) They imitated the operatic vocal style.
A) Christmas Day, 1727 B) Good Friday, 11 April 1727 C) Easter Sunday, 1728 D) Good Friday, 23 March 1731
A) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. B) Ludwig van Beethoven. C) Gottfried van Swieten. D) Johann Sebastian Bach himself.
A) A new melody line. B) Explicit ornamentation. C) Simplified harmonies. D) Additional instruments.
A) Immaculate Conception B) Assumption of Mary C) Annunciation D) Visitation
A) Telemann B) Bach C) Handel D) Kuhnau
A) 1745 B) 1749 C) 1750 D) 1747
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) G Lydian B) A Phrygian C) E Aeolian D) D Dorian
A) Frederick Augustus B) Georg Philipp Telemann C) Johann Kuhnau D) Christoph Graupner
A) Elisabeth Juliane Friederica B) Catharina Dorothea Bach C) Maria Barbara Bach D) Anna Magdalena Bach
A) The Leipzig Gazette B) Harmonia Mundi C) Musical Times D) Mizler's Musikalische Bibliothek
A) English madrigals B) French overture C) The Lutheran chorale D) Italian opera
A) Giuseppe Torelli B) Antonio Vivaldi C) Benedetto Marcello D) Arcangelo Corelli
A) John Taylor B) Elias Gottlob Haussmann C) George Frideric Handel D) Lorenz Christoph Mizler
A) Almost all B) Only a few C) Just one or two D) None
A) Cantor at the Thomasschule B) Court composer C) Thomaskantor D) Kapellmeister
A) Structure B) Harmony C) Rhythm D) Melody
A) 1729 B) 1725 C) 1727 D) 1723 |