Test your knowledge of the Baroque era's best-known composer. Click on the "?" to see if you're right!
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What influential publisher and Romantic composer said, "Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder?" |
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How many generations of composers were there in the Bach family? |
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What classical composer was responsible for reawakening the general public's interest in Bach's music in the mid 1800's? |
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What composition is considered by many to be Bach's greatest sacred music work ever? |
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For what purpose were most of his cantatas written? |
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What Bach organ work was transcribed for orchestra and used in Disney's Fantasia? |
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How many children did Bach father? |
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Who was Anna Magdalena and why was the "Little Notebook" dedicated to her? |
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True or false: Bach served time in jail. |
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For what reason did Bach compose the St. John Passion? |
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