Famous Works by Bach

Test your knowledge of classical music! Do you know these pieces by the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach?
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Hint	Answer
Six collections of baroque dances for a solo, non-keyboard instrument	Cello Suites
Three of each of these for solo violin	Sonatas and Partitas
Organ work of uncertain authenticity	Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Six unusually instrumentated works, sent to a certain margrave	Brandenburg Concertos
Two books of preludes and fugues in all 24 keys	The Well-Tempered Clavier
His better known setting of Jesus's death	St Matthew Passion
Religious cantata with 'Zion hört die Wächter singen'	Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Wake)
About a girl who can't get enough of her favorite drink	Coffee Cantata
His most famous set of variations	Goldberg Variations
His best known religious work with a Latin text	Mass in B minor
Collection of contrapuntal compositions on a theme by Frederick the Great	The Musical Offering
Bach's swansong with unspecified instrumentation	The Art of Fugue