He spent his life in Germany, primarily Leipzig, and worked at a school for the city. He is

considered to be one of the greatest musical composers, and composed till the day he died. An

unruly youth who greatly disliked authority, he had a strong will and mind of his own. Well

liked with many friends, yet no one really knew his inner workings, or how he thought. Of the

thousands of musical pieces he composed, few were published in his life. This was a man who

composed in great numbers, had reasons for doing so, and lived a rather simple, middle class

Johann Sebastian Bach (J.S.) was born March 21st 1685, in Eisenach, Germany. His

father was Johann Ambrosius, a court trumpeter for the Duke of Eisenach and the director of the

musicians of the town of Eisenach. His family had been well known for many generations as a

He started school when he was eight and when he was nine he was sent to live with his

older brother. His parents had died after losing two other children, a son a

motherless children. Bach continued his work with Prince Leopold, composing and performing

often composed was refereed to as Gebrauchsmusik, or "music on demand". Music was

Potsdam. Upon returning he would find the council quite upset with him, but would refuse to

needed for entertainment, at parties, funerals, weddings, church services, and many other

Wolff, Christoph. Bach: Essays on His Life and Music. Harvard University Press.

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