Johann Sebastian Bach
His life and times

1) Johann Sebastian Bach was
b) the greatest in a long line of musicians in his family

2) J.S. Bach was born
c) in Eisenach, birthplace of Martin Luther

3) Some of J.S. Bach's sons:
a) were associated with the emergence of the galant style

4) Bach's received a free education because:
c) he had a beautiful singing voice *

5) Bach's first paying full-time job came at:
d) Mühlhausen

6) Bach was not known to play this instrument:
c) oboe

7) Bach and his wives had __________ children:
c) twenty

8) One of the reasons Bach left Arnstadt was that the church felt:
a) his chorale accompaniments were too complicated and difficult *

9) Bach wrote cantatas:
c) for virtually every job he held

10) Bach took jobs:
c) which offered him a variety of musical challenges, including playing, directing, and composing

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