Transcript Johann sebastian bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st
l685.
He was born the son of Johann Ambrosius, a
musician for the Duke of Eisenach.
He was the youngest child of Johann
Ambrosius Bach.
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Johann Sebastian was taught by his father to
play the violin and the harpsichord.
He was also initiated into the art of organ
playing by his famous uncle, Johann Christoph
Bach, who was then organist at the
Georgenkirche in Eisenach.
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When he was eight years old he went to the old
Latin Grammar School
He was taught reading and writing, Latin
grammar, and a lot of scripture, both in Latin
and German.
Also Johann Sebastian attended the grammar
school of Ohrdruf, which had become one of
the most progressive schools in Germany.
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Bach was best known during his lifetime as an
organist, organ consultant, and composer of
organ works in both the traditional German
free genres.
He established a reputation at a young age for
his great creativity and ability to integrate
foreign styles into his organ works.
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Bach wrote music for single instruments, duets
and small ensembles.
Bach's best-known orchestral works are the
Brandenburg concertos.
An arrangement of the Air for cello and piano
was the very first piece of Bach's music to be
recorded.
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Bach performed cantatas at the Thomaskirche.
His cantatas vary greatly in form and
instrumentation.
Some of them are only for a solo singer; some
are single choruses; some are for grand
orchestras; some only a few instruments.
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Bach's health declined in 1749.
On 28 July 1750 Bach died at the age of 65. A
contemporary newspaper reported the cause of
death as "from the unhappy consequences of
the very unsuccessful eye operation".
Some modern historians speculate the cause of
death was a stroke complicated by pneumonia.
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A comprehensive obituary of Bach was
published four years later in 1754
Bach was widely recognized for his keyboard
work. Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin were
among his most prominent admirers.
Bach's contributions to music—or, to borrow a
term popularized by his student are frequently
bracketed with those by William Shakespeare
in English literature and Isaac Newton in
physics