Music History (MH) Chapter 19 – Study Notes and Revision Summary
According to surviving performance parts, how many singers often performed Bach's cantatas? -
correct answer ✔✔4 or 8
Bach's final position was as - correct answer ✔✔cantor at St. Thomas in Leipzig
Handel is credited with inventing which genre? - correct answer ✔✔the English Oratorio
Handel was born in - correct answer ✔✔Germany
Handel's most important patrons were - correct answer ✔✔British Royalty
Handel's operas written for London audiences were mostly in the style of - correct answer
✔✔Italian Opera
How did Handel's oratorios differ from Italian oratorios? - correct answer ✔✔The use of chorus
increased.
In Bach's Mass in B Minor, the Credo is in: - correct answer ✔✔stile antico.
In Bach's lifetime, the principal composition of the Lutheran church was the - correct answer
✔✔cantata
In Cöthen, Bach was employed as a - correct answer ✔✔court Kapellmeister.
According to surviving performance parts, how many singers often performed Bach's cantatas? -
correct answer ✔✔4 or 8
Bach's final position was as - correct answer ✔✔cantor at St. Thomas in Leipzig
Handel is credited with inventing which genre? - correct answer ✔✔the English Oratorio
Handel was born in - correct answer ✔✔Germany
Handel's most important patrons were - correct answer ✔✔British Royalty
Handel's operas written for London audiences were mostly in the style of - correct answer
✔✔Italian Opera
How did Handel's oratorios differ from Italian oratorios? - correct answer ✔✔The use of chorus
increased.
In Bach's Mass in B Minor, the Credo is in: - correct answer ✔✔stile antico.
In Bach's lifetime, the principal composition of the Lutheran church was the - correct answer
✔✔cantata
In Cöthen, Bach was employed as a - correct answer ✔✔court Kapellmeister.
