J.S. Bach: BADINERIE

Question 1

Composer’s full name?

Answer 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 2

What country is he from?

Answer 2

Germany

Question 3

Era/period?

Answer 3

Baroque era

Question 4

Date of birth

Answer 4

31st of March 1685

Question 5

Date of death

Answer 5

28th July 1750

Question 6

Composition date

Answer 6

1738-1739

Question 7

Tempo

Answer 7

Allegro

Question 8

Dynamics

Answer 8

Mostly forte and occasional terraced dynamics

Question 9

Tonality

Answer 9

A: B minor - F# minor
B: F# minor - B minor

Question 10

Form and structure

Answer 10

Binary: AABB
A: bars 0 2 - 16 1
B: bars 16 2 - 40 1

Question 11

Diatonic

Answer 11

Harmony played throughout key
A: modulates from the tonic to the dominant minor
B: does the opposite

Question 12

Cadences

Answer 12

Imperfect and perfect cadences

Question 13

Inversion

Answer 13

Chords frequently occur with occasional V7 in the third

Question 14

Neapolitan sixth

Answer 14

In bar 35

Question 15

Suspensions

Answer 15

Bars 8 1, 10 1, 32 1

Question 16

Trills

Answer 16

Bars 8 1, 10 1, 15 2, 27 2, 30 1 and 32 1

Question 17

Appoggiaturas

Answer 17

33 1, 40 1

Question 18

Sequences

Answer 18

6 2, 10 1

Question 19

Texture

Answer 19

Homophonic
Flute and cello - melody
1st violin participates occasionally
2nd violin and viola provide harmony with less busy musical lines

Question 20

Rhythm

Answer 20

Simple ostinatos forming X and Y

Question 21

Metre

Answer 21

2/4 (simple duple)