MSC 311 Quiz 4

Question 1

Despite the need for urtext scores, recreation or restoration of baroque-style “period” instruments was not considered.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

For Bach and other composers, one of the best ways to learn how to compose music was to

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copy out scores by other composers

Question 3

Which of the following is not true: During the Classical period

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Music needed to imitate that of the ancient Greeks

Question 4

The Bach Gesamtausgabe and later the Bach Neue Bach-Ausgabe are edited collections of all of Bach’s works.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Unlike composers such as Handel or Vivaldi, during the 19th century in Germany,

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Bach was viewed as a genius and kindred spirit

Question 6

During the 19th c., Bach’s music was “romanticized.”

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Bach began teaching his students by using his

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inventions

Question 8

Bach’s performers played the music according to German performance conventions

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False

Question 9

Which of the following is not how we know the identities of Bach&#x27;s students

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Bach&#x27;s letters to his sons

Question 10

Bach had his students copy his music and parts because

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he needed help in writing out and distributing parts to players

Question 11

Performances of Bach&#x27;s music were fashionable, and his influence was strongly felt in the 19th century

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True

Question 12

During the 19th century and the “romanticization” of Bach’s music,

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the beginning of the modern “authenticity” of baroque performance began

Question 13

Before Bach would allow his students to compose, he wanted them to

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be able to improvise

Question 14

All but one of these composers arranged Bach&#x27;s music.

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Prokofiev

Question 15

Urtext means

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a score that reproduces the original score

Question 16

Which is your favorite piece by Bach?

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His cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 62

Question 17

Bach’s approach to composition took on aspects of German, French, Italian, English, and Polish styles

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True

Question 18

After 1800, Bach’s music was

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was reinterpreted

Question 19

Bach began teaching harmony to studensts by having them play four-part basso continuo parts

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True

Question 20

Which statement concerning baroque music performance practice true? Baroque music performance practice

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was lost during the 19th century

Question 21

Between 1750 and 1800, Bach’s music

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had just a minor influence

Questions 21