Johann Sebastian Bach - G9

​Who was Sebastian Bach?

​Johann Sebastian Bach was born in

Eisenach, Germany, where his father was a town musician.

He had a prestigious musical lineage and took on various organist positions during the early 18th century.

By the time Johann was 10, both his parents had died, so he was brought up by his older brother, who was a church organist. Johann became a very good organist, too.

Multiple Choice

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in

Eisenach, _______

• Germany

• Australia

• Gales

• Kazakhstan

Multiple Choice

He had a prestigious musical lineage and took on various organist positions during the early __th century.

• 12th

• 13th

• 15th

• 18th

​During his lifetime, people thought of Bach as just an ordinary working musician. No one really knew much about his music until 100 years after his death, when another composer Felix Mendelssohn, conducted a performance with one of his work.

Multiple Choice

During his lifetime, people thought of Bach as just an ordinary working musician. 

Is this false or true?

• True

• False

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Bach is now seen as one of the _____ (great) geniuses in music history.

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He _____ (write) all kinds of music -- for organ and other keyboard instruments, orchestras, choirs, and concertos for many different instrumental combinations.

​Who was Sebastian Bach?

Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, on July 28, 1750 because of complications after a eye surgery. Today, he is considered one of the greatest Western composers of all time.

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Multiple Choice

When Johann Sebastian Bach died?

• 1650

• 1750

• 1850

• 1950