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Music History Final
Question | Answer |
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What are Bach birth and Death dates? | 1685-1750 |
What instruments did Bach play? | Violin, Organ, Keyboard |
When did Bach finally become big? | after he died |
What genre was most of Bach vocal music? | Chamber music and Cantatas |
When was Bach organ music published? | not right away many years later |
How long would it take someone to copy Bach's music? | 52 years working 10 hours a day 7 days a week |
How many times was Bach married? | twice |
How many children did Bach have? | 20 |
Bach was the first composer to be what? | a free lance composer |
In the Duke of Vimer house Bach was treated like a? | Staff member, a chief or a butler |
Bach was the music director or compel mister for who? | Prince Leopold |
in 1723 Bach became the canter and civi music director at what school? | St. Thomas |
How is Bach music cataloged? | BWV |
How many Passions did Bach write? | 2 |
What mass was Bach famous for? | b minor mass |
How many church cantatas did Bach write? | 200 |
How many secular cantatas did Bach write? | 20 |
How man organ chorals did Bach write? | 200 |
How many other organ works did Bach write? | 70 |
What music did Bach write for small ensembles? | Concertos |
Bach wrote a collection of books for what instrument? | Harpsichord |
How long a day did Bach teach Latin and Music? | 4 hours |
How many major works did Bach composer for his church each week? | 1 |
Who heavily influenced Bach? | Vivaldi |
What little book did Bach write? | Little organ book |
What is the significance of Bach's well tempered 20 prelude and fugues? | 1 prelude and fugue in each major and minor key in rising chromatic order, to prove the theory behind equal temperament so eb and d# are the same |
Where do most of Bach cantatas come from? | Lutheran church |
What is a suit | A collection or movement different styles to them |
What is Handel's full name? | George Fredrick Handel |
Where was Handel born? | Germany |
Where did Handel spend most of his life? | London |
What are Handel's dates? | 1689-1759 |
Handel becomes the bridge to what two periods? | baroque and classical |
Handel was the first composer to do what? And where? | Travel, from Germany Italy and France |
What is Handel best known for? | English oratorios |
What genre is Handel said to have created? | English oratorios |
Handel's father wanted him to study what? | Law |
At the age of Nine what happened to Handel? | The Duke in his area went to his father to say he should study music |
What did Handel play in? | opera orchestra |
What is el Mira? | Handel's first opera and an instant hit |
When Handel traveled to Italy what did he write? | lots of cantatas and Italian works |
When he moved to London who did Handel work for? | The royal family |
How many orotorios did Handel write? | 24 |
How many operas did Handel write? | 41 |
How many Italians contatas did Handel write? | 100 |
How many trios did Handel write? | 20 |
How many solo sonatas did Handel write | 20 |
Handel also wrote what type of royal music? | fire works and water works |
What 2 recitative styles did Handel create? | Simple recitative and recitative obbligato |
What is Simple recitative? | a lot of spoken dialogue and a little singing accompanied by basso continuo. |
What is recitative obbligato? | orchestra is accompaniment and does little out burst. |
Who were the two main composers of the baroque period.... like if you don't know this you dumb | Bach and Handel |
How many movements is in Handel's water music? | 6 |
What is significant about Handel's water music? | changes mood through out one movement |