Who is a Chicken’s Favorite Composer?????

BACH

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

By: Heather Newell

ChildhoodBorn March 21st, 1685, in Eisenach, GermanyOrphan at 10 and taken in by his brother,

Johann Christoph, until he was 15Went to Lüneburg for school and to work in a

churchWas a Soprano singing voice until his voice

changed and started playing the violin and harpsichord.

InfluenceHis brotherGeorge BöhmLocal Organist

Career1st job was for the court of Duke Johann Ernst

in WeimarFilled in for othersOrganist at church in ArnstadtLeft to see a famous musician and extended

visitOrganist at Church of St. Blaise in

Mühlhausen1721, He created orchestra concertos which

are called the Brandenburg Concertos

MusicChurch Cantatas“Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”“Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit““Jesu, Joy of Man‘s Desiring““Herz und Mund und Tat und leben“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc2qsJWZ

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Life 1906, he married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach They had 7 children together, some died as infants Maria died in 1720 while Bach was away playing for

the Duke He married singer, Anna Magdalena Wülcken, a year

after They had 13 children and more than half died By 1740, Bach was struggling with his eyesight Surgery year after was failed attempt On July 28,1750, Bach died from a stroke His sons, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp

Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Johann Christian Bach all went onto musical careers.

SourcesWebsitehttp://school.nettrekker.com/goExternal?np=

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Musichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc2qsJWZ

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