Cantata

Question 1

What is the form of movement 5 of cantata number 80?

Answer 1

Chorale for unison chorus

Question 2

What term does “sometimes adapted from Gregorian chants or from other popular sources” refer to?

Answer 2

chorale

Question 3

What term does “a single theme or subject prevails” refer to?

Answer 3

fugue

Question 4

What term does “more lyrical than a recitative but more modest in scale than an aria” refer to?

Answer 4

arioso

Question 5

Which phrase of Martin Luther’s original tune does Bach use throughout his cantata?

Answer 5

phrase 1

A mighty fortress is our God; a bulwark never failing.

Question 6

What term does “generally begins with successive entries of the subject in each voice” refer to?

Answer 6

fugue

Question 7

What term does “used as the basis of cantatas as well as other genres” refer to?

Answer 7

chorale

Question 8

What term does “from the Latin fugere, meaning “to flee”” refer to?

Answer 8

fugue

Question 9

Describe the texture of the eighth movement of cantata 80

1. The contrapuntal texture features imitative entries based on individual phrases of the chorale tune.
2. The homophonic texture features the chorale melody in the top voice and support from the other voices below.

Answer 9

2. The homophonic texture features the chorale melody in the top voice and support from the other voices below.

Question 10

What term does “can serve as introduction and postlude in arias or choruses, or as a unifying thread in concertos” refer to?

Answer 10

ritornello

Question 11

What term does “sacred or secular piece for soloists, chorus, and orchestra; consists of recitatives, arias, ensembles such as duets, and choruses” refer to?

Answer 11

cantata

Question 12

What term does “from the Greek word for “law”” refer to?

Answer 12

canon

Question 13

which movements of catata 80 does RCM focus on?

Answer 13

1, 2, 5, 8

Question 14

What term does “many were composed by Martin Luther” refer to?

Answer 14

chorale

Question 15

What term does “harmonized for four voices (SATB) by composers including J.S. Bach” refer to?

Answer 15

chorale

Question 16

What term does “a highly structured polyphonic composition featuring imitative counterpoint” refer to?

Answer 16

fugue

Question 17

Presumably how many cantatas did J. S. Bach write?

Answer 17

about 300. 200 are known today

Question 18

Who was Bach’s favorite librettist (who also supplied the text for cantata 80)?

Answer 18

Salomo Franck`

Question 19

What term does “a strict genre of polyphonic composition in which each voice enters in succession with the same melody” refer to?

Answer 19

canon

Question 20

What term does “in which each voice enters on the same pitch are referred to as rounds” refer to?

Answer 20

canon

Question 21

What term does “a short vocal passage” refer to?

Answer 21

arioso

Question 22

Which cantata number is “A Mighty Fortress is our God”?

Answer 22

cantata 80.

Question 23

What term does “a hymn tune, associated with German Protestantism” refer to?

Answer 23

chorale

Question 24

What term does “a multi-movement choral work” refer to?

Answer 24

catata

Question 25

What term does “a recurring theme that functions as a refrain in Baroque compositions” refer to?

Answer 25

ritornello

Question 26

What term does “intended for congregational singing; moves mostly by step or narrow leap” refer to?

Answer 26

chorale

Question 27

What genre is movement 2 of cantata number 80?

Answer 27

duet for soprano and bass

Question 28

The Thirty Years’ War of 1618 to 1648 had had a profound effect on musical culture in…

Answer 28

Germany.

Question 29

Is the structure of the cantata more of a choral fugue or a large-scale fantasia?

Answer 29

a large-scale fantasia