Edexcel GCSE AO1 Bach Basic Facts

What type of work is Bach's Brandenburg?

• Concerto Grosso

• Gavotte

• Sonata

What is a concerto grosso?

• A concerto grosso is a concerto for more than one soloist.

• A concerto grosso is an extra long concerto

• A concerto grosso is a concerto that has a wide variety of instruments

Select the two correct features of a concerto grosso

• Is in three movements (Fast slow Fast)

• Is always in sonata form

• Has two groups of instruments

• Features no antiphonal phrasing

The ripieno is

• the smaller group

• the larger group

The concertino is

• the smaller group of soloists

• the larger group

What is a fugue?

• A form which has an exposition, development, recapitulation and coda

• A form which has the format ABA

• A form which has an exposition, middle section and final section

This movement is regarded as having what type of form?

• Three part, ternary form

• Two part, binary form

• Rondo form

What is a fugal exposition?

• The first time we hear the concertino play

• The beginning of the development section

• The initial statements of the subject and answer

What key is this movement in?

• Db Major

• D major

• E major

• A major

Select the three instruments in the concertino

• Flute

• Violin

• Trumpet

• Harpsichord