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Magnificat, an Uncommon card
Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243, is a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Magnificat quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Magnificat card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the first major liturgical ______ on a Latin text by Bach.
Answer
composition. It is the first major liturgical composition on a Latin text by Bach. From the Magnificat article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, after taking up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, Bach set the text of the Magnificat in a twelve movement composition in the key of E-flat major.
Answer
1720s. In 1723, after taking up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, Bach set the text of the Magnificat in a twelve movement composition in the key of E-flat major. From the Magnificat article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Stephen Crane. Stephen Crane 94,000 · Architecture of India 56,000 · Magnificat 23,000 · Joost van den Vondel 16,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is scored for five vocal parts, and a Baroque orchestra including trumpets and timpani.
- It is the first major liturgical composition on a Latin text by Bach.
- In 1723, after taking up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, Bach set the text of the Magnificat in a twelve movement composition in the key of E-flat major.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Magnificat article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Magnificat
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Magnificat (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johann Sebastian Bach, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
