Johann Sebastian Bach

1. Johann Sebastian Bach By: Brittney Metzmeier

2. Johann Sebastian Bach Born: Wednesday, March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany Died: Tuesday, July 28, 1750 in Leipzip, Germany.

4. An organist

5. A Harpsichordist

7. Was the youngest son

8. His mother died in 1694 and then his father eight months later.

9. At age 9, Bach and his brother were adopted by Christoph their older brother

10. At age 14 Bach and a school friend George Erdmann was awarded a choral scholarship to ST. Michael’s School

12. Logic

13. Rhetoric

14. Latin and Greek

15. Arithmetic

16. History

17. Geography

19. Writing

20. Arithmetic

21. Singing

22. History

23. Natural science

26. Cantor’s duties is to organize the music in the four principal churches of Leipzig and to form choirs for these churches.

27. His opening choruses represent some of his finest and most compelling compositions.

29. He spent more time on activities to examine for musical appointments, to advise on organ building, to lend support.

30. He became famous as an organ construction expert

32. Two types of concerts given: ordinaire and extraordinaire

34. His first wife was his second cousin Maria Barbara Bach.

35. His second wife Anna Magdalena Wilcke Anna Maria Barbara

36. Life with Maria Barbara Bach Bach married Maria when he was 22 years old. He had many children with her, but only four survived. Maria died suddenly in May of 1720. Life with Anna Magdalena Wilcke He married Anna the following year after Maria’s death. She was the daughter of a musician. She took care of the four children and produced a further 13.

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