Session 1 Quiz!

Описание

Write down your observations:
1) Composer and rough date of composition
2) Observations on the structure of the music
3) What do all these pieces have in common?

The Answers!

00:20 Number 1 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Zeffiro Torna e di soave accenti (Published in 1632 in Scherzi musicali cioè arie et madrigali)

01:27 Number 2 Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
‘Dido’s lament’ from the opera Dido and Aeneas (c,1688)

03:01 Number 3 Johann Pachelbel (c1653-1706)
Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo (late 17th Century)

03:59 Number 4 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
‘Passacaille’ from Suite in G Minor HWV 432 (c1720)

05:03 Number 5 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chaconne (‘Ciaconna)’ from Partita in D minor BWV 1004 (1717-1720)

06:09 Number 6 Ludwig van Beethoven
32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor WoO 80 (1806)

07:23 Number 7 Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
‘Bergamasca’ from Suite no 2 of Ancient Airs and Dances (1923)

08:26 Number 8 Alban Berg (1885-1935)
‘Passacaglia’ from the opera Wozzeck (1914-22)

10:05 Number 9 Benjamin Britten (1913-76)
‘Passacaglia’ from the opera Peter Grimes (1945)

11:43 Number 10 Led Zeppelin
Rock and Roll (1973)