Bach

Question 1

Full name?

Answer 1

Suite 1 1st movement of the French Suite by JS Bach BWV 812 - Allemande

Question 2

What does BWV mean?

Answer 2

Bach Werke Verzeichnis -‘Bach’s work catalogue’

Question 3

When was BWV first published and by whom?

Answer 3

1950 by Wolfgang Schenider, a musicologist

Question 4

How many works in the system?

Answer 4

1500 +

Question 5

What other works did Bach write?

Answer 5

Cantatas, passions (St Matthew’s), masses, hymns, preludes and fugues, concerto, and choral works

Question 6

What others composed Allemandes?

Answer 6

Couperin, Purcell, and Handel

Question 7

Characteristics of an Allemande?

Answer 7

normally 1st movement of a suite, commences with one short note, about an allegretto in speed, in common time. In suites sometimes preceded by a prelude

Question 8

What is a suite?

Answer 8

Ordered set of instrumental / orchestral pieces, in Baroque times dance pieces. Fell out of favour in the 18th century.

Question 9

How many French Suites were there?

Answer 9

6, BWV 812 to 817

Question 10

Written for?

Answer 10

Clavier (harpischord or clavichord)

Question 11

When were they composed?

Answer 11

Between 1722 to 1725

Question 12

Why named?

Answer 12

Written in the ‘french manner’ but actually follow an Italian convention

Question 13

What in 1st suite?

Answer 13

Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet, and Gigue