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100
J.S. Bach was born in this city.
What is Eisenach, Germany?
100
J.S. Bach was famous in his day chiefly because of this skill.
What is his skill as an organ virtuoso?
100
J.S. Bach perfected the musical style of his day, referred to as _________ music.
What is Baroque?
100
This instrument was Bach's personal favorite
What is the organ?
200
Bach studied at this institution when he was fourteen.
What is Saint Michael's School in Lüneburg, Germany?
200
Bach also suffered from this other health issue as he entered into his later years.
What is his loss of eyesight?
200
What institution was most influential in J.S. Bach's musical style?
What is the Lutheran Church?
200
J.S. Bach composed this cantata based on text from the Gospel of Matthew in 1731.
What is Wachet auf?
300
This was where J.S. Bach received his first paid position as a musician.
What is the court of Duke Johann Ernst?
300
In 1723, J.S. Bach moved to this city in central Germany.
What is Leipzig?
300
This style of music has a name which, in Italian, means "a sung thing"
What is a cantata?
300
Bach wrote this famous fugue in 1710.
What is his Organ Fugue in G Minor?
400
This person is largely responsible for Bach's musical education.
What is himself?
400
This was the cause of Bach's death.
What is a stroke?
400
J.S. Bach was a master of utilizing this particular musical texture
What is Polyphonic?
400
A cantata that Bach composed dedicated to a very strange object.
What is Bach's coffee cantata; BMV 211.
500
A particular trip that Bach took at a very young age.
What is Bach's journey to Luneberg?
500
This was the most difficult aspect of Bach's job at Saint Thomas's church and choir school.
What is composing new music for the church each Sunday and every religious holiday?
500
This is the opening section of a fugue.
What is the exposition?
500
Bach composed this piece based on the Virgin Mary's words from Luke 1:46-55
What is The Magnificat?