JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

B/D

• Born on March 21, 1685
• Died on July 28,1750

BROTHERS/SISTERS

• B:J. Jacob Bach, J. Jonas Bach, J.C. Bach, J.B. Bach, and J.N. Bach.
• S:J. Judith Bach, and M.S. Bach.
• D:J.A. Bach/ M:Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt.
• His family was poor.
• His job as a child was that he would compose for St. Michael's Church in Ohrdruf, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

SCHOOLING

• Bach did start off as a musician.
• He didn't struggle in school.
• He had to move in order to go to school.

Bach was born in Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach.
He also lived in Ohrdruf, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
He died in Leipzig.

Bach's era of music was the Baroque era.

He first started composing in a church.
He was invited to a private school.
His oldest brother, his uncles, and his oldest second cousin were influences for him.

He played piano, and organ.

He composed pieces for church.

Bach's specific styles are solo piano, and orchestral.

5 FUN FACTS

• He spent a month for angering his boss, Duke Wilhelm Ernest of Saxe-Weimar.
• He was orphaned before his tenth birthday.
• He left no will.
• He owned no property.
• He fathered 20 children.

MUSIC

• 1-Singet dem Herrn ein neues lied.
• 1
• 2-Komm, Jesu, komm.
• 2
• 3-Jesu meine freude.
• 3

I like Komm, Jesu, Komm because it's slow. It was written in 1684. Komm, Jesu, Komm was written for the instrument, basso continuo.

WEBSITES

• Biography.com
• Wikipedia
• Music History 102
• Google