* In which country was J.S. Bach born?
* What does his (quite short) last name mean, translated into English?
* J.S. Bach's compositions: Which of the following designations stands for a composition from J.S. Bach?
* Which of the following characteristics is Bach and his music NOT famous for?
* About Bach's life: Where did Bach NOT work as a musician:
* When Bach went from one of his working places to another in 1717, what kind of 'present' did the former employer give him?
* Bach died in 1750. The name of one of his last compositions was...
* For whom did Bach write the "Musical Offering"?
* What was the reason for Bach's writing the pieces of the "Musical Offering"?
* It is known that the dedicatee introduced Bach to a rather large collection of pianos. But what was this nobleman's instrument?
* The music proper: what is the first piece in the set?
* Two of Bach's puzzles have a Latin inscription accompanying them, the first is number 4 in the manuscript: "Notulis crescentibus crescat Fortuna Regis." What does this enigmatic phrase mean?
* The last of Bach's puzzles in the Musical Offering is inscribed: "Ascendenteque Modulatione ascendat Gloria Regis." What does this mean?
* Which is the best definition of a cantata?
* Approximately how many cantatas did Bach compose?
* Most of Bach's cantatas were produced while he was the chief musician in which German city?
* Bach was responsible for the music at several churches in that city, but which was by far the most important?
* Which of the following never occurs in any Bach cantata?
* Tunes of German hymns, or chorales, occur not only in four-part settings but in other contexts where they are set against independent instrumental or vocal forces. What is this technique called?
* Bach wrote both cantatas and motets. What is the main difference?