Q1. In which Bohemian town was Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber baptized in 1644?
A. Opava
B. Wartenberg
C. Kromeriz
D. Graz
Answer: B. Wartenberg
Q2. What is the exact date of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s death?
A. May 3, 1704
B. August 12, 1704
C. March 15, 1703
D. July 20, 1705
Answer: A. May 3, 1704
Q3. Where is Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber buried?
A. Salzburg Cathedral
B. St. Peter’s Abbey Cemetery
C. Nonnberg Abbey
D. Hellbrunn Palace grounds
Answer: B. St. Peter’s Abbey Cemetery
Q4. What possible educational institution did Biber attend in his youth?
A. Vienna Conservatory
B. Salzburg Cathedral School
C. Jesuit Gymnasium in Opava
D. Prague Academy of Music
Answer: C. Jesuit Gymnasium in Opava
Q5. Who might have provided Biber’s early musical education as a local organist?
A. Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
B. An unnamed organist in Wartenberg
C. Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky
D. Marco Uccellini
Answer: B. An unnamed organist in Wartenberg
Q6. In which court did Biber work before 1668?
A. Salzburg Archbishopric
B. Emperor Leopold I’s court in Vienna
C. Prince Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg’s court in Graz
D. Bishop of Olomouc’s court in Prague
Answer: C. Prince Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg’s court in Graz
Q7. Under which bishop did Biber serve in Kromeriz around 1668–1670?
A. Maximilian Gandolph von Kuenburg
B. Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn
C. Johann Ernst von Thun
D. Orazio Benevoli
Answer: B Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn
Q8. Why did Biber leave his employer in Kromeriz in 1670?
A. Illegally to join the Salzburg court
B. To pursue studies in Italy
C. Due to a dispute over salary
D. For a diplomatic mission to Innsbruck
Answer: A. Illegally to join the Salzburg court
Q9. In what year was Biber officially released from his Kromeriz obligations?
A. 1670
B. 1676
C. 1679
D. 1684
Answer: B. 1676
Q9. What title was Biber granted by Emperor Leopold I in 1690?
A. Kapellmeister
B. Lord High Steward
C. Nobility as Biber von Bibern
D. Deputy Chamberlain
Answer: C. Nobility as Biber von Bibern
Q10. When did Biber become Kapellmeister in Salzburg?
A. 1676
B. 1679
C. 1684
D. 1692
Answer: C. 1684
Q11. Whom did Biber marry in 1672 at Hellbrunn Palace?
A. A fellow musician from Kromeriz
B. Maria Weiss, daughter of a Salzburg merchant
C. Anna Magdalena, a court singer
D. Cäcilia von Kuenburg
Answer: B. Maria Weiss, daughter of a Salzburg merchant
Q12. How many children did Biber and his wife have, and how many survived to adulthood?
A. 11 children, 4 survivors
B. 8 children, 2 survivors
C. 6 children, 3 survivors
D. 9 children, 5 survivors
Answer: A. 11 children, 4 survivors
Q13. Which of Biber’s sons became Kapellmeister in Salzburg in 1743?
A. Anton Heinrich
B. Karl Heinrich
C. Johann Franz
D. Georg Ignaz
Answer: B. Karl Heinrich
Q14. What role did Biber’s daughter Anna Magdalena hold at Nonnberg Abbey?
A. Abbess
B. Organist
C. Director of the choir and Kapelle
D. Novice instructor
Answer: C. Director of the choir and Kapelle from 1727
Q15. For which event did Biber compose the Missa Sancti Henrici in 1697?
A. His own ennoblement
B. His daughter Anna Magdalena’s novitiate
C. The Salzburg Cathedral dedication
D. Emperor Leopold I’s visit
Answer: B. His daughter Anna Magdalena’s novitiate
Q16. What is the full title of Biber’s famous collection of 15 sonatas plus a passacaglia, composed around 1676?
A. Rosary Sonatas
B. Sonatae violino solo
C. Harmonia artificioso-ariosa
D. Mensa sonora
Answer: A. Rosary Sonatas
Q17. How many of the sonatas in Biber’s Rosary Sonatas use scordatura tuning?
A. All 15
B. 13
C. 5
D. None
Answer: B. 13
Q18. To whom were the Rosary Sonatas dedicated?
A. Archbishop Maximilian Gandolph von Kuenburg
B. Emperor Leopold I
C. His wife Maria Weiss
D. Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky
Answer: A. Archbishop Maximilian Gandolph von Kuenburg
Q19. What programmatic work by Biber from 1673 depicts a battle using polytonality and col legno technique?
A. Sonata representativa
B. Battalia a 10
C. Serenada a 5 ‘Der Nachtwachter’
D. Fidicinium sacro profanum
Answer: B. Battalia a 10 for strings and continuo
Q20. In what year did Biber publish his Sonatae violino solo, a set of eight virtuosic sonatas?
A. 1676
B. 1680
C. 1681
D. 1682
Answer: C. 1681, for violin and continuo
Q21. Which of Biber’s masses was composed for the 1100th anniversary of the Salzburg archbishopric in 1682?
A. Missa catholica
B. Missa Salisburgensis
C. Missa Alleluja a 36
D. Missa quadragesimalis
Answer: B. Missa Salisburgensis
Q22. What is the instrumentation of Biber’s Requiem a 15 in Concerto?
A. Solo voices and organ
B. A cappella quartet
C. Double choir and brass
D. 15 voices with strings and winds
Answer: D. 15 voices with strings and winds
Q23. In what year were Biber’s Vesperae a 32 published?
A. 1676
B. 1682
C. 1674
D. 1696
Answer: C. 1674
Q24. Which opera did Biber compose, cataloged as C. 51?
A. Alessandro in Pietra
B. Arminio, chi la dura la vince
C. Li trofei della fede cattolica
D. Applausi festivi di Giove
Answer: B. Arminio, chi la dura la vince
Q25. What is the key feature of Biber’s Stabat Mater (C. 50)?
A. A cappella for four voices with continuo
B. Polychoral writing for 53 voices
C. Solo violin obbligato
D. Accompanied by trumpets and timpani
Answer: A. A cappella for four voices with continuo
