(Part 1) Unit 2: Bach

Question 1

______ _________ Bach (____ - ____)

Answer 1

Johann Sebastien
1685
1750

Question 2

Where was Johann Sebastien Bach born?

Answer 2

Eisenach, Germany

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Music

Five generations

Question 4

True or False:

Bach was orphaned at the age of eleven

Answer 4

False, Bach was orphaned at the age of twelve

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Oldest brother, Johann Christoph

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Latin
Greek
Theology

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Choirs
Violinist
Organist

Question 8

True or False:

Bach was trained in instrument building

Answer 8

True, Bach was trained in instrument building and repair

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Arnstadt

Question 10

In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

What positions did Bach hold? (3)

Answer 10

Court violinist
Chamber musician
Organist

Question 11

In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

Was Bach granted a leave? Why?

Answer 11

Yes, to meet the famous organist Dietrich Buxtehude

Question 12

In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

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

Answer 12

Lubeck

Two hundred

Question 13

In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

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

Answer 13

Muhlhausen

Maria Barbara Bach, his distant cousin

Question 14

In the Arnstadt segment of his life:

Which two of Bach’s children became successful musicians?

Answer 14

Carl Philipp Emanuel

Wilhelm Friedemann

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Weimar

Question 16

In the Weimar segment of his life:

What positions did Bach hold? (2)

Answer 16

Court organist

Chamber musician

Question 17

In the Weimar segment of his life:

Who was Bach court organist/chamber musician to?

Answer 17

Wilhelm Ernst, Duke of Weimar

Question 18

True or False:

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

In the Weimar segment of his life:

What notable organ work did Bach compose during this time?

Answer 19

Orgelbuchlein (Little Organ Book) of chorale preludes

Question 20

In the Weimar segment of his life:

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

Answer 20

Lutheran church
Cantatas
Chorale

Question 21

In the Weimar segment of his life:

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

Answer 21

Accepted a salary advance for a new position at Cothen

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Cothen

Question 23

In the Cothen segment of his life:

What position did Bach hold?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

In the Cothen segment of his life:

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

Answer 24

Calvinist

Churches

Question 25

True or False: | Bach composed many solo and chamber works during the Cothen period of his life

Answer 25

True

Question 26

In the Cothen segment of his life: | What works did Bach compose? (4)

Answer 26

Suites Concertos Sonatas Solo keyboard works

Question 27

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

Answer 27

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Question 28

In the Cothen segment of his life: | Who did Bach marry? Why?

Answer 28

Anna Magdalena Wilcke, a court singer | Because of the sudden death of Maria Barbara Bach

Question 29

In the Cothen segment of his life: | Which two of Bach's children became successful musicians?

Answer 29

Johann Christian Bach | Johann Christoph Bach

Question 30

What was the final segment of Bach's life?

Answer 30

Leipzig

Question 31

In the Leipzig segment of his life: | What positions did Bach hold? (2)

Answer 31

Cantor of St. Thomas School | Director of Collegium Musicum

Question 32

In the Leipzig segment of his life: | What were his responsibilities as the Cantor? (4)

Answer 32

``` Teaching Composing Directing choirs Supervising musical activities (all the above in several churches) ```

Question 33

What was the Collegium Musicum?

Answer 33

A performing ensemble for university students

Question 34

In the Leipzig segment of his life: | What were Bach's important large-scale works written in this period? (2)

Answer 34

Goldberg Variations | Art of Fugue

Question 35

True of False: | During the Leipzig period, Bach frequently travelled to test new organs

Answer 35

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

Question 36

In the Leipzig segment of his life: | Who did Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel work for?

Answer 36

Frederick the Great at Potsdam

Question 37

In the Leipzig segment of his life: | Bach wrote a ____________ work based on a theme provided by who? What was the work called?

Answer 37

Contrapuntal, provided by Frederick the Great at Potsdam | The Musical Offering

Question 38

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

Answer 38

High | One

Question 39

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

Answer 39

No, he composed works in virtually every genre | Except for opera

Question 40

As a devout ________, Bach dedicated all his works:

Answer 40

Lutheran | "To the glory of God"

Question 41

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

Answer 41

1703-1708

Question 42

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

Answer 42

1708-1717

Question 43

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

Answer 43

1717-1723

Question 44

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

Answer 44

1723-1750

Question 45

When did Bach die?

Answer 45

July 28, 1750; likely cause was a stroke

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Contrapuntal Fugues The Well Tempered Clavier

Question 47

True of False: | Bach absorbed influences of international styles

Answer 47

True

Question 48

What international styles did Bach absorb? (7)

Answer 48

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

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Virtuoso organist Organ Keyboard

Question 50

True or False: | Bach defined new forms in music

Answer 50

False, he perfected existing forms rather than defining new ones