Johann Sebastian Bach Biography

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Bach was born in ______, Germany.

Eisenach

Bach was appointed as ______ in Leipzig in 1723.

Thomaskantor

Bach passed away in the year ______.

1750

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany.
  • Bach studied music under his elder brother, Johann Christoph Bach, and later in Lüneburg.
  • Bach became Thomaskantor (cantor at St. Thomas's) in Leipzig in 1723.
  • Bach composed music for the Lutheran churches of Leipzig and for the university's Collegium Musicum.
  • Bach had difficult relations with his employer, the Duke of Saxony, and died in 1750.
  • Bach's music is widely respected for its aesthetic qualities and for its ability to transcend traditional genres. Bach's compositions include hundreds of cantatas, sacred and secular, as well as concertos, suites, and keyboard works.
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