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Valerie Amato B3 Vital Statistics • Born on March 21 ,1685, in Eisenach, Germany st
• Died July 28 , 1750, in Leipzig, Germany
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• Places he lived include Eisenach, Leipzig, Lüneberg,
Arnstadt, Mülhasen • Was 36 when he began composing music • Parents died shortly before he turned 10; older brother Johann Christoph; Maria Barbara; Anna Magdalena Wülkon Time Period • Baroque Period (1600-1750) • Ornate and fancy – “The Brandenburg Concertos” – “Art of the Fugue, Contrapunctus, No. 9” – “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” Training • From the ages of 10-15 he went to a school in Eisenach • Older brother taught him about music • Influences: Johann Adam Reinken, George Böhm, French orchestra in Celle Instruments • Organ • Violin Compositions • “Brandenburg Concertos” - orchestra (1721) • “Well-tempered Clavier” – keyboard (1722) • “St. John Passion” – orchestra, chorus, soloists (1723) • “B Minor Mass” – orchestra, chorus, and singers (1733) Accomplishments • Over 200 cantatas • 12 sonatas • Over 150 chorale preludes, fantasias, fugues, toccatas, and passacaglias • More than 10 suites Works Consulted • “Johann Sebastian Bach.” Reill, Peter Hanns, and Ellen Judy Wilson. Encyclopedia of Enlightenment. 2004. Modern World History Online. Facts on File. 3 May 2007.<http://fobweb.com> • “Johann Sebastian Bach.” U*X*L Biographies. 2003. Junior Reference Collection. Thomson Gale. 03 May 2007. <http://galenet.galegroup.com/sewlet/JRC>. • Concetti, Greta. The World of Composers: Bach. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing, 2002.