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Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)
Contributed by: Crossley
  • 1. When did Johann Sebastian Bach pass away?
A) 1750
B) 1700
C) 1850
D) 1800
  • 2. In which city did Johann Sebastian Bach die?
A) Vienna
B) Paris
C) Leipzig
D) London
  • 3. How old was Bach when he died?
A) 45
B) 65
C) 55
D) 75
  • 4. In which year was Bach born?
A) 1685
B) 1650
C) 1700
D) 1750
  • 5. What was Bach's nationality?
A) German
B) French
C) British
D) Italian
  • 6. What was the name of Bach's famous unfinished work?
A) The Well-Tempered Clavier
B) The Art of Fugue
C) Goldberg Variations
D) Brandenburg Concertos
  • 7. How many children did Bach have?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
  • 8. Which instrument did Bach primarily play?
A) Violin
B) Flute
C) Organ
D) Clarinet
  • 9. What was Bach's first name?
A) Johann
B) Antonio
C) Ludwig
D) Wolfgang
  • 10. Which king commissioned Bach to compose the Musical Offering?
A) Peter the Great
B) Louis XIV
C) George III
D) Frederick the Great
  • 11. Bach's work 'Air on the G String' is an arrangement of a movement from which larger work?
A) Cello Suite No. 1
B) Toccata and Fugue in D minor
C) Orchestral Suite No. 3
D) Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
  • 12. Which of Bach's works is often referred to as 'The Great Eighteen'?
A) St. Matthew Passion
B) The Well-Tempered Clavier
C) Brandenburg Concertos
D) Goldberg Variations
  • 13. In which city did Bach hold the position of court organist?
A) Dresden
B) Munich
C) Berlin
D) Weimar
  • 14. Which of Bach's sons was known as the 'London Bach'?
A) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
B) Johann Christian Bach
C) Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
D) Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
  • 15. Which of Bach's compositions became known as the 'Little Organ Book'?
A) Orgelbüchlein
B) Goldberg Variations
C) Well-Tempered Clavier
D) Art of Fugue
  • 16. What was the cause of Bach's death?
A) Pneumonia
B) Stroke
C) Cancer
D) Heart attack
  • 17. What was Bach's profession?
A) Painter
B) Astronomer
C) Philosopher
D) Composer
  • 18. Which musical era did Bach belong to?
A) Romantic
B) Classical
C) Contemporary
D) Baroque
  • 19. Bach's music is often characterized by its:
A) Heterophony
B) Polyphony
C) Homophony
D) Monophony
  • 20. Bach's music was largely forgotten until which composer revived interest in his works?
A) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
B) Claude Debussy
C) Felix Mendelssohn
D) Igor Stravinsky
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