Chapter 40

Question 1

cantor

Answer 1

director of church music

Question 2

chorale cantata

Answer 2

sacred vocal genre that employs the text and tune of a pre-existing Lutheran chorale in all or several of its movements

Question 3

violin piccolo

Answer 3

a small violin usually tuned a minor third higher than the normal violin

Question 4

colla parte

Answer 4

technique that means the voice is with the instrumental part

Question 5

Passion

Answer 5

a musical depiction of Christ’s crucifixion as recorded in the Gospels; performed on Good Friday

Question 6

Collegium musicum

Answer 6

an association of musicians, usually university students, who came together voluntarily to play the latest music before the public in a large cafe or beer hall

Question 7

Goldberg Variations

Answer 7

a virtuosic set of 30 variations preceded and concluded by a simple air, the air and each variation based on the same 32 bar pattern, name from pupil of Bach

Question 8

The Musical Offering

Answer 8

collection of Bach’s dedicated to His Majesty with appropriately inflated praise of the king’s musical talent

Question 9

The Art of Fugue

Answer 9

collection of fugues and canons, all derived from the same subject, for keyboard

Question 10

B-Minor Mass

Answer 10

Bach’s last compositions