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Chapter 10 Quiz
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not completed
.
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti were born in ___________.
a) 1650
correct
incorrect
b) 1685
correct
incorrect
c) 1715
correct
incorrect
d) 1750
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
All of the following describe The Beggar's Opera except ___________.
a) It included popular songs
correct
incorrect
b) It subverted the dominance of Italian opera in England
correct
incorrect
c) It was unprecedentedly popular in London
correct
incorrect
d) It was a rare all-sung opera in English
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which composer spent the last and longest period of his career in London?
a) George Frideric Handel
correct
incorrect
b) J. S. Bach
correct
incorrect
c) Domenico Scarlatti
correct
incorrect
d) Antonio Vivaldi
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In a fugue, the main melody is called the ___________.
a) Answer
correct
incorrect
b) Theme
correct
incorrect
c) Subject
correct
incorrect
d) Episode
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
While Handel never traveled far from his home region, J. S. Bach traveled internationally.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
For the majority of his career, J. S. Bach worked as a ___________.
a) Court composer
correct
incorrect
b) German post office clerk
correct
incorrect
c) Catholic Church musician
correct
incorrect
d) Lutheran church musician
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
J. S. Bach's main instrument was ___________.
a) Violin
correct
incorrect
b) Cello
correct
incorrect
c) Lute
correct
incorrect
d) Organ
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
J. S. Bach's chorale preludes were written for which instrument?
a) Cello
correct
incorrect
b) Violin
correct
incorrect
c) Harpsichord
correct
incorrect
d) Organ
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
J. S. Bach wrote in each of the following genres except ___________.
a) Opera
correct
incorrect
b) Oratorio
correct
incorrect
c) Mass
correct
incorrect
d) Cantata
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The compositional technique in which contrapuntal entrances become increasingly shorter is ___________.
a) Fugue
correct
incorrect
b) Countersubject
correct
incorrect
c) Stretto
correct
incorrect
d) Episode
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In a fugue, the section that features free counterpoint is the ___________.
a) Subject
correct
incorrect
b) Countersubject
correct
incorrect
c) Ritornello
correct
incorrect
d) Episode
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which piece features choruses to words by Picander?
a) Bach's St. Matthew Passion
correct
incorrect
b) Handel's Rondine
correct
incorrect
c) Bach's Mass in B Minor
correct
incorrect
d) Handel's Water Music
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Most of J. S. Bach's instrumental (nonvocal) music was written for performance in the church.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ style can be described as tasteful and graceful, in a courtly way.
a) Rococo
correct
incorrect
b) Galant
correct
incorrect
c) Fugue
correct
incorrect
d) Suite
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following was not a feature of Handel's operas?
a) Complex but conventional plots
correct
incorrect
b) Strings of recitatives and arias
correct
incorrect
c) Libretti in the "vernacular"
correct
incorrect
d) Conclusion yielding a moral lesson
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti were born in ___________.
a) 1650
correct
incorrect
b) 1685
correct
incorrect
c) 1715
correct
incorrect
d) 1750
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
All of the following describe The Beggar's Opera except ___________.
a) It included popular songs
correct
incorrect
b) It subverted the dominance of Italian opera in England
correct
incorrect
c) It was unprecedentedly popular in London
correct
incorrect
d) It was a rare all-sung opera in English
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which composer spent the last and longest period of his career in London?
a) George Frideric Handel
correct
incorrect
b) J. S. Bach
correct
incorrect
c) Domenico Scarlatti
correct
incorrect
d) Antonio Vivaldi
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In a fugue, the main melody is called the ___________.
a) Answer
correct
incorrect
b) Theme
correct
incorrect
c) Subject
correct
incorrect
d) Episode
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
While Handel never traveled far from his home region, J. S. Bach traveled internationally.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
For the majority of his career, J. S. Bach worked as a ___________.
a) Court composer
correct
incorrect
b) German post office clerk
correct
incorrect
c) Catholic Church musician
correct
incorrect
d) Lutheran church musician
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
J. S. Bach's main instrument was ___________.
a) Violin
correct
incorrect
b) Cello
correct
incorrect
c) Lute
correct
incorrect
d) Organ
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
J. S. Bach's chorale preludes were written for which instrument?
a) Cello
correct
incorrect
b) Violin
correct
incorrect
c) Harpsichord
correct
incorrect
d) Organ
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
J. S. Bach wrote in each of the following genres except ___________.
a) Opera
correct
incorrect
b) Oratorio
correct
incorrect
c) Mass
correct
incorrect
d) Cantata
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The compositional technique in which contrapuntal entrances become increasingly shorter is ___________.
a) Fugue
correct
incorrect
b) Countersubject
correct
incorrect
c) Stretto
correct
incorrect
d) Episode
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In a fugue, the section that features free counterpoint is the ___________.
a) Subject
correct
incorrect
b) Countersubject
correct
incorrect
c) Ritornello
correct
incorrect
d) Episode
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which piece features choruses to words by Picander?
a) Bach's St. Matthew Passion
correct
incorrect
b) Handel's Rondine
correct
incorrect
c) Bach's Mass in B Minor
correct
incorrect
d) Handel's Water Music
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Most of J. S. Bach's instrumental (nonvocal) music was written for performance in the church.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ style can be described as tasteful and graceful, in a courtly way.
a) Rococo
correct
incorrect
b) Galant
correct
incorrect
c) Fugue
correct
incorrect
d) Suite
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following was not a feature of Handel's operas?
a) Complex but conventional plots
correct
incorrect
b) Strings of recitatives and arias
correct
incorrect
c) Libretti in the "vernacular"
correct
incorrect
d) Conclusion yielding a moral lesson
correct
incorrect
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