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