Johann Sebastian Bach

BACH’S SCHOOL HISTORY

• Bach first started out as a musician in his school years.
• When Bach was in school, he was a very smart kid. He only struggled with was his eyesight.
• Bach had no need to move to go to school

COUNTRY AND CITY

• Bach was born in Germany from the city of Eisenach
• Bach grew up in Eisenach, moved to Ohrdurf then hiked up to Lueneburg. he then hiked back again to Thuringia
• Bach died in Leipzig, Germany (R.I.P)

JOHANN s. BACH WAS IN THE BAROQUE ERA

BACKGROUND INFO.

• Bach was greatly influenced by a local organist named George Böhm. In 1703, he landed his first job as a musician at the court of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar. There he was a jack-of-all-trades, serving as a violinist and at times, filling in for the official organist.
• Johann Bach got his music education at st. Micheal school
• Some of Bach’s influencers were: Antonio Vivaldi, Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Kaspar Kerll, and Johann Pachelbel

FAMILY

• Bach had 20 children
• He married two young girls (not at the same time)by the names of: Anna Magdalena Bach and Maria Barbara Bach
• And he had way to many children to name.

FUN FACTS ABOUT MUSIC

• It would take about 7-8 days to listen to all of his music

THE INSTRUMENTS

• Bach played the violin and the harpsichord

THE MUSIC BACH COMPOSED

• Bach's compositions include hundreds of cantatas, both sacred and secular. He composed Latin church music, Passions, oratorios, and motets. He often adopted Lutheran hymns, not only in his larger vocal works, but for instance also in his four-part chorales and his sacred songs.

BACH MOSTLY COMPOSED...

• Bach was particularly attracted to the Italian style, in which one or more solo instruments ... After this, in 1725, Bach "lost interest" in working even for festal services at the Paulinerkirche and appeared there only on "special occasions".

FIVE FACTS ABOUT BACH

• HE SPENT 30 DAYS IN JAIL FOR QUITTING HIS JOB.
• A BOTCHED EYE SURGERY BLINDED HIM.
• His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach was a 7th generation musician, and carried on the tradition by teaching him how to play the violin.
• In 1700, he was granted a scholarship at St. Michael’s School in Luneburg for his fine voice.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT BACH CONT.

• Bach lost both his parents when he was 10 years old, after he was orphaned his oldest brother took care of him, his name was Johann Christoph

YOUTUBE LINKS

• Air, by Johann Sebastian Bach https://youtu.be/rrVDATvUitA
• Johann Sebastian Bach Pachelbel's Canon In D Major https://youtu.be/Go5xOnGzrTU
• Bach- minuet in G major https://youtu.be/on1DDSLdDOo

MINUET By Johann Sebastian Bach

• https://youtu.be/BLnbjRz2XF4
• I chose this piece because I love it. We play it in band-Clarinets do- it’s one of the best peices of Bach’s, in my opinion.
• Minuet was written in 1650
• Minuet was written for harpsichord.

WEBSITES I USED

• Britannica
• Spinxkids!
• Wikipedia
• YouTube