By: Akieba Alexander J OHANN S EBASTIAN B ACH

W HO IS B ACH ?  He was born in Eisenach, Germany, on March 21, 1685  He was the youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elisabeth Lämmerhirt  In 1965 both of Bach’s parents had died and he was looked over by his older brother Johann Christopher Bach

W HO TAUGHT B ACH ?  His father taught him the violin and the harpsichord  His brother introduced him to the piano  He also learned by practicing many other great composers

W HAT MUSIC DID B ACH WRITE ?  Chamber Music  Orchestral Music  Church Music  Classical Music

W HAT I NSTRUMENTS DID B ACH PLAY ?  Violin  Organ  Harpsichord

W HERE DID B ACH LIVE ?  He lived in the last part of the Baroque period.  Never traveled far, spending all his life in central Germany, but studied all the music he could find.

I NFLUENCES  Mozart  Beethoven  Chopin

L ATER IN L IFE ? In 1723, Bach became Cantor of St. Thomas’s Church. During the last ten years of Bach’s life, his eyesight was poor, in very late years he was almost blind. Although Bach is known today as a composer, during his lifetime he was better known as a musician, mainly an organist

L IST OF B ACH W ORK ?  St. John Passion performed (1723)  St. Matthew Passion peformed (1729)  The Christmas Oratorio  The Well-Tempered Clavier

B ACH ‘ S L EGACY  In obituary of Bach was published in 1754 by a former student in Musikalishche  In Germany, many streets were named and statues were erected in honor of Bach during the twentieth century.