Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 1

When was Bach alive from?

Answer 1

1685-1750

Question 2

Where are the two places a musician could make a living?

Answer 2

Royal courts

Churches

Question 3

Which type of music did Bach not make?

Answer 3

Opera

Question 4

Where was Bach born?

Answer 4

North Germany

Question 5

Was was Bach’s religion?

Answer 5

Protestant

Question 6

Which three works really show Bach’s faith?

Answer 6

B minor mass
St. Matthew passion
The cantatas

Question 7

What texture of music did Bach compose?

Answer 7

Polyphonic

Question 8

What is the most complicated form of baroque polyphonic music?

Answer 8

The fugue

Question 9

Where did Bach do his work?

Answer 9

Weimar
Kothen
Leipzig

Question 10

When was Bach in Weimar?

Answer 10

1708-1717

Question 11

What did Bach do in Weimer?

Answer 11

Worked as a court organist

Question 12

When was Bach in Kothen?

Answer 12

1717-1723

Question 13

What did Bach do I’m Kothen?

Answer 13

He was the head musician of the royal court

Question 14

What is the name of one of Bach’s most famous concertos from his time in Kothen?

Answer 14

Brandenburg Concertos

Question 15

When was Bach in Leipzig?

Answer 15

1723-1750

Question 16

What did Bach do in Leipzig?

Answer 16

He was the director of music for the churches