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Mar 27, 2024 · Johann Sebastian Bach (born March 21 [March 31, New Style], 1685, Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies [Germany]—died July 28, 1750, Leipzig) composer of the Baroque era, the most celebrated member of a large family of north German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist ...
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.He is known for his prolific authorship of music across a variety of instruments and forms, including; orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works ...
- 28 July 1750 (aged 65), Leipzig
May 8, 2023 · Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a German organist and composer whose work is today regarded as amongst the finest of mature baroque music (c. 1600-1750). More famous as an organist than as a composer in his own lifetime, Bach's rich legacy encompasses sacred and secular works, notably cantatas, organ pieces, and concertos which influenced ...
- Mark Cartwright
Johann Sebastian Bach was the best-known member of the most influential family of musicians of the Western world, which produced numerous town musicians, organists and composers from the second half of the 16th century to the mid-19th century in central Germany.
Apr 3, 2014 · Name: Johann Sebastian Bach. Birth Year: 1685. Birth date: March 31, 1685. Birth City: Eisenach, Thuringia. Birth Country: Germany. Gender: Male. Best Known For: A magnificent baroque-era composer ...
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May 21, 2020 · Five of Johann Sebastian Bach’s eleven sons carried the first name “Johann,” and he even gave two of his daughters the name “Johanna.”. Both of his brothers were named Johann, as was his father and his father’s twin brother. In fact, of the seven Bach family members we’re going to look at in this guide, five were named Johann.
An active correspondent with both of Bach's sons in Berlin, he published the first detailed biography of Bach in 1802, Bach: On Johann Sebastian Bach's Life, Art and Works: For Patriotic Admirers of True Musical Art, including an appreciation of Bach's keyboard and organ music and ending with the injunction, "This man, the greatest orator-poet ...