JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

CHILDHOOD

• He was orphaned at 9
• Organist gave him lessons
• He had three jobs as a kid
• He went to school at St. Michaels
• PARENTS
• Parents- Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)
• Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (1644-1694)
• SIBLINGS
• Johann Jacob (1682-1722)

SIBLINGS CONTINUED

• Johanna Juditha (1680-1686)
• Johann Rudolf (1670-1670)
• Maria Salome (1677-1728)
• Johann Jonas (1675-1685)
• Johann Balthasar (1673-1691)
• Johann Christoph (1671-1721)
• CHILDREN
• Catharina Dorothea, Wilhelm Friedemann, Johann Christoph and Maria Sophia, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Gottfried Bernhard

CHILDREN CONTINUED

• Leopold Augustus
• Christina Sophia Henrietta
• Gottfried Heinrich
• Christian Gotllieb
• Elisabeth Juliana Friederica
• Ernestus Andreas
• Regina Johanna
• Christiana Louise, Christiana Dorothea, Johann Friedrich, Johann August, Johann Christian, Johanna Carolina, Regina Susanna

“AIR”

• https://youtu.be/rrVDATvUitA

“PRELUDE IN C MAJOR”

• https://youtu.be/frxT2qB1POQ

“ADAGIO”

• https://youtu.be/29CVZ570r5o
• It was made in 1713
• It was his 2nd movement
• It was from his “concerto in D minor”
• I chose this song because I like the sound of it and the way it’s played out
• It took about 16 arrangements of Italian instrumental concertos for harpsichord solos

FACTS

• His father was a 7th generation musician
• Lost both of his parents at 9
• Married his cousin, Maria Barbara Bach, and had 7 children
• He has been to prison
• In 1700 he was granted a scholarship at St. Michael’s School, the school he went to as a child
• He is best known for playing the Organ
• He is 6’3

PARENTS

• His mother died on May 1st, 1694 when he was nine and his father died nine months later on February 24th, 1695
• His father died because of sewage waste disposal
• After both his parents died his eldest brother, Johann Christoph, looked after him and taught him how to play the piano a little

DEATHS

• He died of a stroke
• He died at Leipzig, Germany
• A few of his children died at birth or close to birth(not even a year)

WEBSITES

• Wikipedia
• Classics for kids
• Biography.com

MUSIC

• Classical
• New age
• Baroque