JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

WHO IS BACH?

He was born in Eisenach, Germany, on March 21, 1685

He was the youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elisabeth Lämmerhirt

In 1965 both of Bach’s parents had died and he was looked over by his older brother Johann Christopher Bach

WHO TAUGHT BACH?

His father taught him the violin and the harpsichord

His brother introduced him to the piano

He also learned by practicing many other great composers

WHAT MUSIC DID BACH WRITE?

Chamber Music

Orchestral Music

Church Music

Classical Music

WHAT INSTRUMENTS DID BACH PLAY?

Violin

Organ

Harpsichord

WHERE DID BACH LIVE?

He lived in the last part of the Baroque period.

Never traveled far, spending all his life in central Germany, but studied all the music he could find.

INFLUENCES

Mozart

Beethoven

Chopin

LATER IN LIFE?

In 1723, Bach became Cantor of St. Thomas’s Church.

During the last ten years of Bach’s life, his eyesight was poor, in very late years he was almost blind.

Although Bach is known today as a composer, during his lifetime he was better known as a musician, mainly an organist

LIST OF BACH WORK?

St. John Passion performed (1723)

St. Matthew Passion peformed (1729)

The Christmas Oratorio

The Well-Tempered Clavier

BACH‘S LEGACY

In obituary of Bach was published in 1754 by a former student in Musikalishche

In Germany, many streets were named and statues were erected in honor of Bach during the twentieth century.