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(Part 1) Unit 2: Bach Flashcards

1
Q

______ _________ Bach (____ - ____)

A

Johann Sebastien
1685
1750

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2
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Where was Johann Sebastien Bach born?

A

Eisenach, Germany

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3
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What was Bach’s family profession? For how long in the family?

A

Music

Five generations

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4
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True or False:

Bach was orphaned at the age of eleven

A

False, Bach was orphaned at the age of twelve

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5
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Who continued Bach’s musical training when he was orphaned?

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Oldest brother, Johann Christoph

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6
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What did Bach’s academic studies include? (3)

A

Latin
Greek
Theology

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7
Q

Bach sang in ______, became an accomplished _________ and virtuoso ________

A

Choirs
Violinist
Organist

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8
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True or False:

Bach was trained in instrument building

A

True, Bach was trained in instrument building and repair

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9
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After Eisenach, where did Bach start out his life and musical career?

A

Arnstadt

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10
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In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

What positions did Bach hold? (3)

A

Court violinist
Chamber musician
Organist

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11
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In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

Was Bach granted a leave? Why?

A

Yes, to meet the famous organist Dietrich Buxtehude

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12
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In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

Bach met Buxtehude in ______, walking ___ _______ miles each way

A

Lubeck

Two hundred

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13
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In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

Where did Bach go and get married? Who did he marry?

A

Muhlhausen

Maria Barbara Bach, his distant cousin

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14
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In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

Which two of Bach’s children became successful musicians?

A

Carl Philipp Emanuel

Wilhelm Friedemann

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15
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What was the second segment of Bach’s life, after Arnstadt and Muhlhausen?

A

Weimar

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16
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In the Weimar segment of his life:

What positions did Bach hold? (2)

A

Court organist

Chamber musician

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17
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In the Weimar segment of his life:

Who was Bach court organist/chamber musician to?

A

Wilhelm Ernst, Duke of Weimar

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18
Q

True or False:

Bach gained increasing fame as an violinist during the Weimar period of his life

A

False, Bach enjoyed increasing fame as an organist in this period of time, composing many organ works

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19
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In the Weimar segment of his life:

What notable organ work did Bach compose during this time?

A

Orgelbuchlein (Little Organ Book) of chorale preludes

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20
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In the Weimar segment of his life:

Bach composed music for ________ ______ services - ________, _______ settings

A

Lutheran church
Cantatas
Chorale

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21
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In the Weimar segment of his life:

What did Bach do that angered the Duke of Weimar and resulted in a month in jail?

A

Accepted a salary advance for a new position at Cothen

22
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What was the third segment of Bach’s life, after Weimar?

A

Cothen

23
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In the Cothen segment of his life:

What position did Bach hold?

A

Kapellmeister (music director) to Prince Leopold of Cothen, avid supporter of the arts

24
Q

In the Cothen segment of his life:

_________ views of the court influenced musical activities: no music performed in ________

A

Calvinist

Churches

25
Q

True or False:

Bach composed many solo and chamber works during the Cothen period of his life

A

True

26
Q

In the Cothen segment of his life:

What works did Bach compose? (4)

A

Suites
Concertos
Sonatas
Solo keyboard works

27
Q

What well-known solo keyboard work did Bach compose during the Cothen segment of his life?

A

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

28
Q

In the Cothen segment of his life:

Who did Bach marry? Why?

A

Anna Magdalena Wilcke, a court singer

Because of the sudden death of Maria Barbara Bach

29
Q

In the Cothen segment of his life:

Which two of Bach’s children became successful musicians?

A

Johann Christian Bach

Johann Christoph Bach

30
Q

What was the final segment of Bach’s life?

A

Leipzig

31
Q

In the Leipzig segment of his life:

What positions did Bach hold? (2)

A

Cantor of St. Thomas School

Director of Collegium Musicum

32
Q

In the Leipzig segment of his life:

What were his responsibilities as the Cantor? (4)

A 
Teaching
Composing
Directing choirs
Supervising musical activities
(all the above in several churches)
33
Q

What was the Collegium Musicum?

A

A performing ensemble for university students

34
Q

In the Leipzig segment of his life:

What were Bach’s important large-scale works written in this period? (2)

A

Goldberg Variations

Art of Fugue

35
Q

True of False:

During the Leipzig period, Bach frequently travelled to test new organs

A

False. During the Leipzig period, Bach frequently travelled to test new keyboard instruments

36
Q

In the Leipzig segment of his life:

Who did Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel work for?

A

Frederick the Great at Potsdam

37
Q

In the Leipzig segment of his life:

Bach wrote a ____________ work based on a theme provided by who? What was the work called?

A

Contrapuntal, provided by Frederick the Great at Potsdam

The Musical Offering

38
Q

Bach’s music represents a ____ point in over ___ hundred years of Baroque musical practice

A

High

One

39
Q

Did Bach compose work in every genre? If no, what genre did he not compose work for?

A

No, he composed works in virtually every genre

Except for opera

40
Q

As a devout ________, Bach dedicated all his works:

A

Lutheran

“To the glory of God”

41
Q

State the years of the Arnstadt segment of Bach’s life

A

1703-1708

42
Q

State the years of the Weimar segment of Bach’s life

A

1708-1717

43
Q

State the years of the Cothen segment of Bach’s life

A

1717-1723

44
Q

State the years of the Leipzig segment of Bach’s life

A

1723-1750

45
Q

When did Bach die?

A

July 28, 1750; likely cause was a stroke

46
Q

Bach was a great master of the ____________ art, as demonstrated in the ______ of:

A

Contrapuntal
Fugues
The Well Tempered Clavier

47
Q

True of False:

Bach absorbed influences of international styles

A

True

48
Q

What international styles did Bach absorb? (7)

A

German (Lutheran chorale tradition, counterpoint)
French (dance rhythms, ornamentation)
Italian (operatic, lyricism, ritornello form, idiomatic string writing)

49
Q

Bach was a ________ ________, as reflected in his _____ and ________ works

A

Virtuoso organist
Organ
Keyboard

50
Q

True or False:

Bach defined new forms in music

A

False, he perfected existing forms rather than defining new ones

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