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COMPOSERS OF
HISTORY
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
ABOUT HIM
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH WAS A
MUSICAL GENIUS FROM GERMANY. HE
WAS A COMPOSER, ORGANIST,
HARPSICHORDIST, VIOLIST, AND
VIOLINIST OF THE BAROQUE ERA.
HE MADE THE WORKS OF "MASS IN B
MINOR," THE "BRANDENBURG
CONCERTOS" AND "THE WELL-
TEMPERED CLAVIER."
CHILDHOOD
BORN IN EISENACH, THURINGIA, GERMANY, ON MARCH 21,
1685. COMING FROM A LINEAGE OF MUSICIANS, HIS FATHER,
JOHANN AMBROSIUS, WORKED AS THE TOWN MUSICIAN IN
EISENACH. WHILE HIS MOTHER, MARIA ELISABETH LÄMMERHIRT,
WAS A DAUGHTER OF VALENTIN LÄMMERHIRT A FURRIER AND
COACHMAN IN ERFURT. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT.

IN 1692, HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, HE

THEN LEARNT LATIN AND RELIGION. R WHEN JOHANN SEBASTIAN
WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND BOTH OF HIS PARENTS HAD PASSED
AWAY, HIS ELDER BROTHER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH, WHO PLAYED
THE ORGAN AT OHRDRUF, TOOK CARE OF HIM. JOHANN
CHRISTOPH ALSO TAUGHT JOHANN SEBASTIAN HIS FIRST
FORMALLY ORGANIZED KEYBOARD LESSONS.
CAREER AND WORK
THE NEW CHURCH IN ARNSTADT HIRED JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH AS
THEIR ORGANIST BECAUSE OF HIS OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL SKILL
AND GROWING REPUTATION AS A GREAT PERFORMER. HE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR TEACHING MUSIC AND PROVIDING MUSIC FOR
SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

HOWEVER, JOHANN LEAVES ARNSTADT FOR AN ORGANIST POSITION

AT THE CHURCH OF ST. BLAISE IN MÜHLHAUSEN. HE ACQUIRED THE
POSITION OF ORGANIST AT THE COURT OF DUKE WILHELM ERNST AT
WEIMAR AFTER SPENDING THERE FOR A YEAR. DURING HIS TIME AT
WEIMAR, BACH WRITES "TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR," ONE OF
HIS MOST WELL-KNOWN WORKS FOR THE ORGAN. HE ALSO COMPOSED
THE CANTATA "HERZ UND MUNDUND TAT," WHICH TRANSLATES TO
"HEART, MOUTH, AND DEED” AND WAS WRITTEN FOR THE MARIAN
FEAST OF THE VISITATION ON JULY 2ND.
CAREER AND WORK
IN 1721, BACH COMPOSED SEVERAL ORCHESTRA CONCERTOS
THAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE "BRANDENBURG
CONCERTOS" AS A TRIBUTE TO THE DUKE OF BRANDENBURG.
THESE CONCERTOS ARE REGARDED AS SOME OF BACH'S
GREATEST COMPOSITIONS.
FINAL YEARS
BY THE YEAR 1740, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH WAS HAVING
DIFFICULTY SEEING, BUT HE PERSISTED IN HIS WORK. IN 1749,
HE STARTED A NEW COMPOSITION CALLED "THE ART OF FUGUE,"
BUT HE DID NOT COMPLETE IT. HE TRIED TO FIX HIS FAILING
SIGHT BY HAVING SURGERY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BUT THE
OPERATION ENDED UP LEAVING HIM COMPLETELY BLIND. LATER
THAT YEAR, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH SUFFERED A STROKE. HE
PASSED AWAY ON JULY 28, 1750, IN LEIPZIG.
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