History 1: An Overview

Quiz and Homework 2

1 Identify whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) ( /6)
1. The last city in which Bach lived was Leipzig
2. Handel was employed by the Esterhazy family for almost thirty years
3. The Well-Tempered Clavier demonstrate countrapuntal writing in music

4. Bach composed mainly instrumental music for chamber ensembles and solo instruments in his Cothen years
(1717-1723)
5. The B-flat major prelude in WTC Book I is in a two part form: the first is in dotted rhythm in homophonic
texture, while the second part contain virtuosic runs

6. The B-flat major fugue in WTC Book I contains a real answer in the middle voice

2 Give a brief definition of the following terms and provide an example

title for each

• pedal point

• word painting

• aria

• recitative secco

• libretto

• countersubject

3 Please describe the development, characteristics of sonata form in

your own words. Provide a diagram to illustrate the idea
4 Discuss the life, career and musical style of one of the following com-
posers
• Handel
• Haydn

5 Discuss in detail the musical features of one of the following work

• Messiah: Overture, “There were shepherds”, ”Rejoice Greatly” and ”Hallelujah”
• String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3; Second movement