Cantata BWV 29: "Wir danken dir, Gott"

Test your knowledge by answering these questions. Click on the link below for the answers.

1) Bach wrote Cantata 29 for
a) the 19^th Sunday after Trinity
b) Christmas Day 1723
c) the installation of new city officials in Leipzig
d) a performance in Dublin in 1742

2) The sinfonia which opens the cantata is derived from
a) the "Hallelujah" chorus
b) the B minor Mass
c) a wedding cantata
d) the prelude of an unaccompanied violin partita

3) The second movement, a chorus, was used by Bach in:
a) a wedding cantata
b) the prelude of an unaccompanied violin partita
c) two movements of the B minor Mass
d) a chorale fantasia

4) Cantata 29 contains two movements of this form:
a) chorales
b) da capo aria
c) fugues
d) siciliana

5) The final chorus of Cantata 29
a) is a typical 4-part chorale setting
b) is a 4-part chorale setting over a complicated orchestra fabric
c) is a 4-part chorale setting with ornamentation at the cadences
d) is a chorale fantasia

Click here for the answers