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Bach Questions & Word Search

Name Class

The answers to the following questions are in the word search below.

1. Bach was born in which country? 2. Bach was born in which musical period? 3. What kind of family did Bach have? 4. Bach was sad when his died. 5. Bach played three instruments. Name them: , , 6. Bach composed a lot of music to play for each Sunday’s service. 7. After Bach died, his wife died in the (2 words). 8. Bach signed all of his music with the letters SDG , which stood for in Latin. 9. After Bach died, his music was for 100 years. 10. A harpsichord gets its sound from feather plucking . 11. An organ gets its sound from blowing through .

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Bach Questions & Word Search (answers)

The answers to the following questions are in the word search below. 1. Bach was born in which country? Germany 2. Bach was born in which musical period? Baroque 3. What kind of family did Bach have? musical 4. Bach was sad when his parents died. 5. Bach played three instruments. Name them: violin , harpsichord , organ 6. Bach composed a lot of music to play for each Sunday’s church service. 7. After Bach died, his wife died in the poor house (2 words). 8. Bach signed all of his music with the letters SDG , which stood for Soli Deo Gloria in Latin. 9. After Bach died, his music was forgotten for 100 years. 10. A harpsichord gets its sound from feather quills plucking strings . 11. An organ gets its sound from air blowing through pipes .

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Bach Assessment

Name Class

1. In what country did Bach live?

a) United States b) Germany c) England d) Poland

2. In which period of history did Bach live?

a) Medieval b) Renaissance c) Baroque d) Modern

3. What kind of family did Bach have?

a) musical b) rich c) small d) bossy

4. What happened to Bach when he was 9 and 10 years old that made him very sad?

a) He got kicked out of school. b) He had trouble learning music. c) His parents died.

5. Why did Bach compose so much music?

a) He needed to sell more CDs. b) He needed to write new music for each church service. c) He wanted to be the best composer in the world.

6. How did Bach sign all of his music?

a) J.S.B., for Johann Sebastian Bach, his initials. b) F.M.K., for für meinen kindern, which means “for my children” c) S.D.G., for soli deo gloria, which means “God be the glory”

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7. What happened to Bach’s wife after he died?

a) She died in the poor house. b) She got remarried and had more children. c) She played Bach’s music and made him famous.

8. What happened to Bach’s music after he died?

a) It was forgotten for 100 years. b) His music was played a lot and made his wife rich. c) It was torn up and never seen again.

9. – 11. Bach played these instruments. Label them with one of the following names.

a) violin b) harpsichord c) organ d) piano

12. How does the harpsichord get its sound?

a) hammers hitting strings b) feather quills plucking strings c) air through pipes

13. How does the organ get its sound?

a) hammers hitting strings b) feather quills plucking strings c) air through pipes

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