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Which of the following is true about the Brandenburg Concertos?
Which of the following is true about the Brandenburg Concertos?
- They were composed by Bach during his tenure as Kapellmeister at Weimar
- They were composed by Christian Ludwig
- They were originally titled Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments (correct)
- They feature only solo instruments
Which of the following best describes the instrumentation of the Brandenburg Concertos?
Which of the following best describes the instrumentation of the Brandenburg Concertos?
- They feature only one solo instrument at a time
- They feature only wind instruments
- They feature several solo instruments in combination (correct)
- They feature only string instruments
What is significant about the way Bach presented the Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig?
What is significant about the way Bach presented the Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig?
- He wrote out the music himself (correct)
- He compiled the collection from concertos he had composed while working at Leipzig
- He left the copying of the music to a scribe
- He presented them as a gift to Christian Ludwig's son
