Round 2: Tossup 12

This composer used thirteen repetitions of a passus duriusculus, or chromatic fourth, in E to evoke Christ’s suffering in one piece’s “Crucifixus” section. That work by this composer, which is often referred to by its key, features a Credo section titled “Symbolum Nicenum.” This composer’s cantata Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (“sh’vyte SHTILL-uh, PLOW-dert nick’t”) is humorously dubbed the Coffee (10[1])Cantata. (10[1])An 1829 performance conducted by Felix Mendelssohn revived interest in this (10[1])composer’s St. Matthew Passion. (10[1])This composer of (10[1])a Mass in B Minor wrote a collection of 24 preludes (10[1])and fugues to show off a new tuning system. For 10 points, name this German Baroque composer of the Well-Tempered Clavier. ■END■ (10[1])

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