Great Baroque ComposerBy Rhonda Hilligoss

Johann Sebastian BachFamily Scrapbook

March 21, 1685 – 1750

•Regarded as perhaps the greatest composer of all time•Bach was known during his lifetime primarily as an outstanding organ player and technician.

Two Hundred Years of Bach Music

“ The Bach family was of importance in the history of music for nearly two hundred years.”

“The Bach family never left Thuringia until the sons of Sebastian went into a more modern world”

The most famous of all the great “Bach composers” was Johann Sebastian Bach.

The Bach FamilyJohann

Ambrosius BachFather

1645-1695German Musician

Maria LämmerhirtMother

1644-1694

Johann Christoph BachUncle

1642-1703German Composer

Taught Sebastian to play the organ

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

1732-1795Son

Before the age of ten,Young Bach was being taught by his father to play…

The violin and theHarpsichord.

At age 9, after his parents had passed away , his brother taught him to play the organ.

Bach family Prayer

Church organist

The St. Thomas church in Leipzig

•In the 1700’s Bach went to Lyceum where he received his education.• After he received his education, he move to Lüneburg to live with his brother Ohrdruf.•While living with his brother he learned the skill of repairing church organs.

He began to play in a church for small wages

Bach fell in loveAnd Married

Maria Barbara

Interesting FactShe was his second cousin

“Memorial stone of Maria Barbara Bach. The Old Cemetery at Köthen, where she was buried, was abandoned in the late 1800's, but her gravesite was marked and remembered. The grounds are now a public park and Maria's resting place stands alone in a secluded wooded area.” (Edwards)

1708

“Wilhelm Ernst was a strict Lutheran and commanded that only men who could read and comment on Lutheran theological writings be admitted to his armed forces.”

Bach took a job and played in the court for Duke Wilhelm Ernst

•“While in Weimar, Bach was appointed court organist• and it is supposed that he wrote much of his organ music there. •Much to the Dukes liking, along with Bach's salary increases, he earned the title of Konzertmeister (concert master).• Six of Bach's children were born in Weimar. After seeking the more prestigious title of Kappelmeister (chapel master). he accepted an offer from Prince Leopold of Cöthen in 1717.”

Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen

The Prince of the House of Ascania offered Bach a job making more wages.Bach signed a contract on 7 August 1717.But the Duke became angry and put Bach in prison for many months.In 1718 Bach finally able to start playing music for Prince Leopold at Kothen.

While working in Kothen, Bach developed many of his pieces of music

Includeing : Brandenburg concertos

That he presented to Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg (Brandenburg concertos)

•Bach accepted the job as Kantor at the Thomasschule.•There he was in charge for the music at for churches.•Bach spent the rest of his days 1750, he died of a stroke.

Death 1750

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Bach Famous Quotes

“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.”

“If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.”

“It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself

.” (QuotesDaddy.com)

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