From 1726 he published some of his keyboard and organ music. He composed music for the principal Lutheran churches of the city, and for its university's student ensemble Collegium Musicum. From 1723 he was employed as Thomaskantor ( cantor at St. Thomas) in Leipzig. From 1703 he was back in Thuringia, working as a musician for Protestant churches in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen and, for longer stretches of time, at courts in Weimar, where he expanded his organ repertory, and Köthen, where he was mostly engaged with chamber music. After being orphaned at the age of 10, he lived for five years with his eldest brother Johann Christoph, after which he continued his musical formation in Lüneburg. The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
He is known for his orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier organ works such as the Schubler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Bach wrote over 300 musical pieces but always enjoyed studying music and playing instruments more than writing music.Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. During the following years he was in high demand as a teacher because of his knowledge and talent with the organ. A year later, after two other musicians turned down the job, it was given to Bach. Bach applied for the prestigious job as the music director of the Thomasschule in 1722. In 1720 Maria Barbara died and a year later Bach married Anna Magdalena. He eventually changed jobs - his new boss was Prince Leopold who loved Bach's music. Soon after marrying Maria, Johann Sebastian Bach became the organist and chamber musician for the Duke of Saxe-Weimar and during the next nine years he became a well known organ player. The Career of Composer Johann Sebastian Bach In 1703 he became the organ player for the Kneue Kirche (the third church in that town.) A few years later he married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach, who had seven kids with him. Some people consider his work to be the greatest organ music ever.īach lost both his parents in one year when he was nine, so he went to live with his oldest brother (an organ player.) It's assumed that he learned the organ while he stayed with his brother. Although Bach sang, played several instruments and composed music, he is better known for his compositions on the organ. He came from a family of musicians so it's no surprise that the talent was passed onto him. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Germany in 1685.
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