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

his cantatas to be published in his life time. This was thanks to the Council’s desire for publicity

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

fugues and many great cantatas, and his musical abilities were unsurpassable in his time.

Bach was a composer, whose pieces where musically simple, yettended to comprehend great

brother, Johann Christoph Bach, let J.S. live with him in Ohrdruf, Germany. Under the teachings

with the boys’ choir and was found to have a complaint against him for entertaining a young

deterioration of his eyesight inhibited him from composing on his own any longer. The two

for his composing capabilities and his musical playing talents.

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