General Music - Quiz 3 Review - 2023

A “fugue” is an imitation based composition method that J.S. Bach perfected

Pick the best definition for the genre Oratorio.

Handel and J.S. Bach were great friends!

Haydn and Mozart were best friends

Handel’s father…

Messiah is structured into 5 parts

Pick the best definition for “The Symphony.”

Haydn was a composer in the classical era of music

J.S. Bach worked his entire career in which country?

Vienna is located in Italy

Haydn had a long and loving marriage to Maria Anna Keller

How many Brandenburg Concertos did J.S. Bach write?

Messiah is an oratorio

J.S. Bach was born in Germany

J.S. Bach had 20 children and they all became composers or musicians

Handel and J.S. Bach both had eye surgery later in their lives

When we refer to the composer “Bach” we are talking about “Johan Sebastian Bach.”

Handel’s most famous opera is called….

Why is one of Haydn’s Symphonies known as the “Farewell” symphony.

Handel wrote Messiah is __________ weeks.

Haydn wrote a symphony tagged the “Surprise” Symphony

The Classical Era was roughly the years…..

Handel’s music was incredibly popular in London and sometimes caused traffic jams of more than 10,000 people!

Pick the composer “bromance” we talked about!

Which composer has a strange story about their head after their death?

George Frideric Handel was born in ___________________ but lived in London, England for most of his life.

J.S. Bach parented 20 children between 2 wives. How many survived to adulthood.

How did music most benefit from the “Enlightenment Period?”

Why did The Catholic Church ban operas during certain times of the year?

How many children did Haydn have?

Haydn started his musical career when he was 18 years old

“Enlightenment” was invented by J.S. Bach

Passions were pieces written by J.S. Bach for….

Handel wrote “St. Matthew Passion”

Haydn wrote over 100 symphonies

The Baroque era in music was approximately..

J.S. Bach wrote over 1000 pieces of music in his career