BACH

CHILDHOOD

• Born in Eisenach, Germany
• Fathers name was Johann Ambrosius
• Mother’s name was Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt
• Bach started music at age seven when his father tough him to play violin.

BACH’S SIBLINGS

• Bach had 7 siblings their names were Johann Jacob Bach, Johann Juditha, Johann Christoph, Johann Bathascar, Johann Rudolphus, Johann Jonas, and Maria Salome Bach
• Bach was very close to his siblings and the rest of his family

BACH’S KIDS

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian, Wilhelm Friedemann, Johann Christoph, Johann Gottfried, Gottfried Heinrich, Catharina Dorothea, Elisabeth Julian, Regina Susanna, Johanna Carolina, Johann August, Ernestus Andreas, Christina Sophia, Maria Sophia, Christina Dorothea, Regina Johanna, Leopold Augustus, Christian Gottlieb, Christiana Benedicta, Johann Christoph Bach
• Three of Bach’s children became important composers in the rococo music style
• Bach had seven children with his first wife and thirteen children with his second

BACH’S NICKNAME

• Bach’s nickname was the concertmaster
• He got his nickname right before he preformed the cantatas before the church chapel.

Bach composed in the Baroque era which lasted from the 1600s to1750 and followed by the classical era.

FUN FACTS ABOUT BACH

• People disputes about when to celebrate his birthday March 21 or March 31
• Bach went to jail for quitting his job for the Duke and joining a rival court
• Bach lost both of his parents at the age of 10
• Bach married twice his first wife was Maria Barbara his second cousin his second wife was Anna Magdalena Wilcke
• When Bach died his music went with him but then in 1829 Felix Mendelssohn had Bach’s Matthew Passion played in Berlin and the audience was amazed so Bach’s music came back

Mathew Passion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P21qlB0K-Bs
The well tempered clavier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlXDJhLeShg
Magnificat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQAWqqaUTHE

MAGNIFICAT

• I chose this composition because I like the fast tempo and the rhythm of it.
• while Bach composed it it included trumpets, drums, flutes, oboes, bassoons, strings, and the organ.
• It was written in 1723 and was the first composition Bach shared with the public of Leipzig

Bach went to St. Micheal’s School

• He went there for two years from 1699-1701

Bach’s death
Bach died on July 28, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany at age 65 because of a stroke

WEBSITES USED

• Biography.com
• Bachonbach.com
• Answer.com
• Mental floss.com
• Connolymusic.com