· 1.) In 1685 J S Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.
· 2.) At the age of 14, Bach, along with his older school friend George Erdmann, was awarded a choral scholarship to study at the prestigious St. Michael's School in Lüneburg.
· 3.) In January 1703, shortly after graduating and failing an audition for an organist's post at Sangerhausen. Bach was a post as a court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar, a large town in Thuringia.
· 4.)He took over the directorship of the Collegium Musicum, a secular performance ensemble that had been started in 1701 by his old friend, the composer Georg Philipp Telemann.
· 5.)The final work Bach completed was a chorale prelude for organ, dictated to his son-in-law, Johann Altnikol, from his deathbed. Entitled Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (Before thy throne I now appear)
· 6.) Bach died on 28 July 1750 at the age of 65.
Most of Bach's recorded in history is his music life and not his private life. One thing historians agree is that he came almost blind and that he had a unsuccesfull operation. Historians speculate the cause of death was a stroke complicated by pneumonia.
From what I know, he married and had many, many children. Most of them became musicians and Composers too.
The composer was Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750).
Just that ... Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Sebastian Bach is 5' 11".
J.S. Batch ( Johann Sebastian Bach)
Compare and contrast the lives of Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (6 points) Include: Major life events Important musical compositions Primary differences in style
The composer was Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750).
Just that ... Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Sebastian Bach is 5' 11".
Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany.
J.S. Batch ( Johann Sebastian Bach)
Compare and contrast the lives of Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (6 points) Include: Major life events Important musical compositions Primary differences in style
Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695) was born in Germany. Johann Sebastian Bach was the youngest of and most famous of his eleven children.
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach composed over 1200 musical works and had 20 children.
He was a composer
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