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