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14 March 2006 @ 10:57 pm
i couldn't help myself...
I thought about saving it for the Week of the Killer Quizzes---'specially since Sev is soaking up the sun in Galveston right now for Spring Break---but I really wanted to see what everyone else gets. So, without further ado,

Johann Sebastian Bach was the king of the Baroque period, master of the oratorio, the fugue, the mass, the cantata, and pretty much everything else he chose to write. He worked for the church, which fortunately was a good enough position to allow him to raise his 20 children. For all his current staggering fame, though, he was unknown in his lifetime. His rediscovery can be attributed to Felix Mendelssohn, who wasn't mentioned on this quiz until now.

A few key works: B-Minor Mass, The Well-Tempered Clavier, The Art of the Fugue, Brandenburg Concerti

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[identity profile] mneme-metis.livejournal.com on March 18th, 2006 06:44 pm (UTC)
Wunderbar

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Franz Schubert is, without a doubt, the leader of the lieder. He composed over 600 songs in his lifetime, though he only lived into his early thirties. He did a good deal of chamber music and symphonic writing as well, though a good portion of this is incomplete. Schubert was rather secretive in his lifestyle and about his compositional processes; he was shy to show anything he didn't himself enjoy. Fortunately, he along with everyone else found his own melodies to be beautiful.
A few key works: Die Winterreise, The Trout Quintet, Unfinished Symphony (#8), Death and the Maiden

That quiz was quite amusing! I was so tempted to just answer waltz for all of them.
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[identity profile] insanedeity.livejournal.com on March 21st, 2006 11:32 pm (UTC)
For perversity's sake

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Johann Strauss wrote waltzes. Lots and lots and lots of waltzes. Thus, he became known as The Waltz King. Except sometimes he wrote polkas, which are similar to waltzes, only in two-four meter. He also never wrote entire pieces in minor keys. He probably ate, breathed, and slept three-four major keys, and thus the violists of the world shall forever hate him.
A few key works: Blue Danube Waltz, Emperor Waltz, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Die Fledermaus

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[identity profile] in-omnia.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2006 01:57 am (UTC)
Re: For perversity's sake
Damn straight! It was *so* hard not to answer "waltz" for every question. But now I feel better. ;) Of course, I also have the Blue Danube in my head. And that polka from Groundhog's Day...which I'm fairly sure Strauss did *not* write. Oh, well.
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