Johann Sebastian Bach
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Background
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st 1685, he was the son of Johann Ambrosius, who was court trumpeter for the Duke of Eisenach and director of the musicians of the town of Eisenach in Thuringia. For many years, members of the Bach family throughout Thuringia had worked organists, town instrumentalists, or Cantors, and the family name enjoyed a wide reputation for musical talent.
Employment
Writing
Feet work
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How he got where he is now
2.) At the age of 14, Bach, along with his older school friend George Erdmann, was awarded a choral scholarship to study at the prestigious St. Michael's School in Lüneburg.
3.) In January 1703, shortly after graduating and failing an audition for an organist's post at Sangerhausen. Bach was a post as a court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar, a large town in Thuringia.
4.)He took over the directorship of the Collegium Musicum, a secular performance ensemble that had been started in 1701 by his old friend, the composer Georg Philipp Telemann.
5.)The final work Bach completed was a chorale prelude for organ, dictated to his son-in-law, Johann Altnikol, from his deathbed. Entitled Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (Before thy throne I now appear)
6.) Bach died on 28 July 1750 at the age of 65.
Influential
Johann Sebastian Bach’s influence is not limited to his music. His life serves as a great role model that any aspiring musician and composer should imitate. Bach was a devout Christian Who dedicated his life in service to the church. Rather than glorifying himself, Bach used his music, whether sacred or secular, to glorify God. Bach also put an emphasis on his family, of which he never lacked. He wrote an instructional book of pieces for both his son and his wife.Whenever Bach composed music, he had a purpose. He did not just write music for the sake of writing. He wrote music for whatever function his particular job demanded, and he fully and thoroughly explored every possibility afforded to him by the occasion. Johann Sebastian Bach Was a very dedicated musician whose life serves as an incredible, successful pattern to follow. He Was an extremely creative, prolific composer whose music has had a huge impact on music since his time and whose works are still being performed and studied today.