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Baroque Composers - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 862 times
- The average score is 6 of 15
Answer Stats
| Hint | Composer | % Correct |
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| German composer and organist known for having many children and for his use of counterpoint. Arguably the most well known baroque composer. | Johann Sebastian Bach | 99%
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| The Red Priest of Venice. Known for the Four Seasons concerti for violin. | Antonio Vivaldi | 88%
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| German-British composer famous for The Messiah, Water Music, and Royal Fireworks Music | George Frideric Handel | 81%
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| Known for his Canon in D Major, as well as his extensive repertoire for organ | Johann Pachelbel | 70%
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| English composer, famous for the opera Dido & Aeneas, perhaps the first English language opera | Henry Purcell | 51%
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| Italian composer born in 1567, instrumental to the development of opera | Claudio Monteverdi | 47%
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| Prolific and very famous during his lifetime, but now lesser known German composer, preferred above #1 for important positions in his day. Composed solo Fantasias for flute and violin | Georg Philipp Telemann | 40%
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| Italian born French composer and court musician, known for operas and dance music. Stabbed himself in the foot with his conducting stick and died of gangrene. | Jean Baptiste Lully | 40%
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| Influential violinist and composer. Developed the trio sonata form. Known for his string compositions, such as his Christmas Concerto | Archangelo Corelli | 34%
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| Danish born composer and organist who influenced the above | Dietrich Buxtehude | 30%
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| Viola da gamba player and composer portrayed by Gerard Depardieu and his son in the film Tous les matins du monde | Marin Marais | 17%
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| German composer famous for dance music of Terpsichore, documentation of instruments of his day and the development of the Protestant hymn | Michael Praetorius | 16%
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| German flutist, music teacher to Frederick the Great of Prussia | Johann Joachim Quantz | 14%
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| Dutch composer and organist and a contemporary of the above | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 12%
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| French instrument maker and composer known for his compositions for wind instruments and his treatise for playing the flute, oboe, and recorder | Jacques Martin Hotteterre | 8%
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