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Music Appreciation with Gail
Category:
Music
Publisher: Thomas Tapper
ISBN-10: 1480096741
Pages: 44
Copyright: Oct12, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781480096745
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
Test your knowledge of 12 major composers. Perfect for class, homeschool, or personal enrichment.
One quiz each on the lives of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Wagner, Chopin, Haydn, Handel, and Grieg. May be used in conjunction with the Classically Gail free, one-year course in Music Appreciation (classicallygail.blogspot.com), to supplement other curriculum, or just test your knowledge! Reproduceable for classroom, homeschool, or personal enrichment. Full answer key in the back of the book.
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Author’s Note:
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Bach
1. In what year did Bach die?
2. Name an American who was alive at the same time.
3. What famous castle can be seen from the streets of Eisenach?
4. What other great German composer lived in Bach's time?
5. What instruments could Bach play?
6. For what purpose did Bach travel from place to place, as a boy?
7. What was the name of Sebastian's father?
8. Who was Hans, the Player?
9. How many children had Bach? Which two were musicians?
10. Name three pieces by Bach that you have heard.
Answers: Bach
1. 1750
2. Benjamin Franklin
3. Wartburg
4. Handel
5. Clavier/clavichord and organ
6. To hear fine organists
7. Johannesburg Ambrosius Bach
8. An ancestor of J.S. Bach,Hans was the violinist son of Veit Bach, a miller who sang while he worked.
9. 20; Friedmann and Philipp Emanuel.
10. Answers will vary
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