Question

What is this central idea of this paragraph?

Most people think that Johann Sebastian Bach played the piano, but this is not true. The piano was not invented until just two years before he died. Bach's main instrument was the organ. He was a great organist. He wrote a lot of wonderful music for that instrument. He also played other keyboard instruments that were ancestors of the piano. Among these instruments was the harpsichord. Along with Mozart, Bach is considered to be one of the all-time great composers.

A. Mozart and Bach did not compose music for the piano

B. The harpsichord was a keyboard instrument before the piano

C. The piano had not been invented three hundred years ago

D. Johann Sebastian Bach was a great organist and writer

Answer 1

D. Johann Sebastian Bach was a great organist and writer

Explanation: The paragraph corrects the piano misconception and emphasizes that Bach's main instrument was the organ and that he wrote much wonderful music for it, highlighting his greatness as a composer.