demusic1-1, Exercise 1: What you already believe

Model answer (one possible set; check each):

1. Bach: wrote a vast amount of church and instrumental music in Leipzig and elsewhere. Documented (his works and posts are well recorded), though the exact number of works is uncertain.
2. Beethoven: kept composing after he lost his hearing. Documented in letters and conversation books, with the details debated.
3. Wagner: his music was loved by the Nazi leadership. Documented as a fact about some leaders and the regime's use of it, but it does not settle what Wagner himself meant or wrote (see Chapter 5).
4. Kraftwerk: invented electronic pop. Claimed; they were highly influential, but they had predecessors (see Chapter 8).
5. Rammstein: a German band known for loud shows and provocative imagery. Documented as a description; interpretations of the imagery are contested.

The point is to see which beliefs rest on records and which on repetition.