bach

Question 1

bach birth and death

Answer 1

1685 - 1750 (age 65)

Question 2

bach’s composition

Answer 2

The well tempered clavier book!

prelude and fugue in B flat major

Question 3

prelude (bach)

Answer 3

a short keyboard work in improvisatory style

often paired with a fugue

Question 4

fugue (bach)

Answer 4

a highly structured, imitative contrapuntal composition

a single theme or subject prevails

Question 5

subject (bach)

Answer 5

the initial statement of the main theme of a fugue

in the tonic key

Question 6

answer (bach)

Answer 6

the second statement of the main theme in a fugue

usually in the dominant key

Question 7

real answer (bach)

Answer 7

the exact transposition of the subject

Question 8

tonal answer (bach)

Answer 8

a statement of the subject in which one or more intervals is adjusted to accommodate the harmony

Question 9

clavier (bach)

Answer 9

a German word for keyboard instruments other than the organ

Question 10

counterpoint (bach)

Answer 10

combination of two or more independent melodic lines

also referred to as “polyphonic texture”

Question 11

bach’s era

Answer 11

baroque era

Question 12

baroque era

Answer 12

from the Portuguese barroco meaning “irregularly shaped or misshapen pearl”
first used as a derogatory term in reference to the overly ornate art of the era
now applied to art, architecture, and music of the 17th and early 18th centuries

Question 13

equal temperament (bach)

Answer 13

a method of tuning keyboard instruments
the octave is divided into twelve equal semitones
facilitated the composition and performance of music in all keys