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Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)
Johann Sebastian Bach composer
  • 1. When did Johann Sebastian Bach pass away?
A) 1700
B) 1750
C) 1800
D) 1850
  • 2. In which city did Johann Sebastian Bach die?
A) London
B) Leipzig
C) Vienna
D) Paris
  • 3. How old was Bach when he died?
A) 75
B) 55
C) 65
D) 45
  • 4. In which year was Bach born?
A) 1650
B) 1750
C) 1685
D) 1700
  • 5. What was Bach's nationality?
A) British
B) German
C) French
D) Italian
  • 6. What was the name of Bach's famous unfinished work?
A) The Art of Fugue
B) The Well-Tempered Clavier
C) Goldberg Variations
D) Brandenburg Concertos
  • 7. How many children did Bach have?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 10
D) 15
  • 8. Which instrument did Bach primarily play?
A) Organ
B) Violin
C) Flute
D) Clarinet
  • 9. What was Bach's first name?
A) Wolfgang
B) Ludwig
C) Antonio
D) Johann
  • 10. Which king commissioned Bach to compose the Musical Offering?
A) Louis XIV
B) Peter the Great
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) 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) The Well-Tempered Clavier
B) Brandenburg Concertos
C) St. Matthew Passion
D) Goldberg Variations
  • 13. In which city did Bach hold the position of court organist?
A) Munich
B) Dresden
C) Berlin
D) Weimar
  • 14. Which of Bach's sons was known as the 'London Bach'?
A) Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
B) Johann Christian Bach
C) Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
D) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • 15. Which of Bach's compositions became known as the 'Little Organ Book'?
A) Art of Fugue
B) Well-Tempered Clavier
C) Orgelbüchlein
D) Goldberg Variations
  • 16. What was the cause of Bach's death?
A) Stroke
B) Heart attack
C) Pneumonia
D) Cancer
  • 17. What was Bach's profession?
A) Painter
B) Philosopher
C) Astronomer
D) Composer
  • 18. Which musical era did Bach belong to?
A) Contemporary
B) Baroque
C) Classical
D) Romantic
  • 19. Bach's music is often characterized by its:
A) Heterophony
B) Homophony
C) Polyphony
D) Monophony
  • 20. Bach's music was largely forgotten until which composer revived interest in his works?
A) Felix Mendelssohn
B) Igor Stravinsky
C) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
D) Claude Debussy
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