Music History - Who Is Buried In Bach's Grave?

Music History - Who Is Buried In Bach's Grave?

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Performing Arts, History, Social Studies

10th - 12th Grade

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The video explores the life and death of Johann Sebastian Bach, focusing on his eye surgeries and subsequent blindness. It details the disturbance of his grave and the efforts to locate and identify his remains. The identification process involved anatomical analysis and facial reconstruction, but modern critiques question the methods used. The video concludes with a call for DNA analysis to confirm the remains' identity.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the eye surgeon that operated on Johann Sebastian Bach?

John Taylor

Carl Seffner

Wilhelm Hess

Phillips Pita

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened to Bach's grave during the construction work in Leipzig?

It was preserved intact

It was relocated to another city

It was disturbed or possibly destroyed

It was moved to a museum

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was unique about Bach's coffin according to the records found by Pastor Transall and Dr. Bozeman?

It was buried very deep

It was made of oak

It was buried with a tombstone

It was made of pine

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was responsible for reconstructing the face of the remains believed to be Bach's?

Phillips Pita

John Taylor

Carl Seffner

Wilhelm Hess

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the conclusion of the six-man committee regarding the remains found?

They were from a different era

They were inconclusive

They probably belonged to Bach

They were definitely not Bach's

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where were Bach's remains moved after World War II?

St. Thomas Church

A museum in Berlin

St. John's Church

A vault in Vienna

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the 2009 article in the Medical Journal of Australia suggest about the identification of Bach's remains?

The remains were from another composer

The methods were flawless

The methods were dubious and controversial

The remains were definitely Bach's