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