Childhood
True/False His family was made up of musicians.
What is true?
Bach had ______ children.
What is 20?
A type of employer that Bach had.
Church, duke, nobleman.
A string instrument that leads the orchestra.
What is violin?
Number of Bach's compositions.
What is over 1000?
Bach was born in this country.
What is Germany
His first wife was _______.
What is his second cousin?
A city Bach worked.
What is Leipzig, Kothen or Weimar?
A string instrument with deeper sound than violin or viola often featured as a solo in Bach's compositions.
What is cello?
The name of a famous piece by Bach.
Air in D,
Toccata and Fugue,
Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring.
After his parents died, he was looked after by a family member.
Who is his brother?
Bach's second wife's name.
What is Anna Magdalena Bach?
When Bach went from one of his working places to another in 1717, what kind of 'present' did the former employer give him?
put him in prison
An instrument with pipes that is prominent in Bach's toccatas and fugues.
What is organ?
A special type of Bach's composition is built up as follows: One part starts with a certain theme,
when the theme is over, the next part will overlap and so on.
What is fugue?
What is the organ?
Only ______ of Bach's children survived into adulthood.
What is 10?
The job he held for most of his life - composing music for 4 choirs.
What is Thomaskantor
Sometimes Bach wrote for a small group of string instruments.
What is a chamber orchestra?
What is a cantata?
The meaning of Bach in German.
What is stream?
A son of Johann Sebastian Bach who also became a composer.
Who is Johann Christian Bach or Carl Emmanuel Philip Bach?
Bach's music is known for.
What is "educational compositions", "perfect counterpoint", "complex harmonies"?
An instrument that looks like a piano but smaller and has a guitar-like sound.
What is harpsichord?
Designation for Bach's works.
What is BWV?