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7/23/2019 Bach Biography http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/bach-biography 1/2 Johann Sebastian Bach "Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece of roast goat." JSB Bach is considered one of the greatest composers who ever lived! Bach was a German composer born in 1685. He was the youngest of the children of ohann mbrosius Bach. "usical talent had been in his family for generations. "any of his ancestors were composers and musicians. By the time Bach was ten# both of his parents had died and his elder brother too$ him in. %hen he was a small boy living with his brother# Bach was forbidden to touch his brother&s e'pensive handwritten music boo$. (emptation was too strong for young Bach# however# for he wanted to play the music in that boo$ very badly. )very night# Bach slid the boo$ between the bars of the loc$ed cabinet and copied the music from the forbidden boo$ into his own boo$. *ne night# he was so tired that he fell asleep over his wor$# forgetting to slip the boo$ bac$ into the cabinet through the bars. %hen he wo$e# his furious brother too$ and hid both music boo$s+ the original# and the boo$ that Bach had copied. lthough the story did not end well for Bach# it shows his devotion to music# even at a young age. t age ,-# Bach became the composer for the u$e of /a'e0 %eimar. (here# he wrote much religious music# a few cantatas# and some organ music. He was considered the nest organist in Germany. He married his cousin# "aria Bach and they had seven children. /he died in 12,3. )ighteen months after his wife&s death# Bach married nna "agdalena %ilc$en. /he gave
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Johann Sebastian Bach"Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece ofroast goat." JSB
Bach is considered one of the greatest composers who everlived!
Bach was a German composer born in 1685. He was theyoungest of the children of ohann mbrosius Bach. "usicaltalent had been in his family for generations. "any of hisancestors were composers and musicians. By the time Bachwas ten# both of his parents had died and his elder brothertoo$ him in.
%hen he was a small boy living with his brother# Bach wasforbidden to touch his brother&s e'pensive handwrittenmusic boo$. (emptation was too strong for young Bach#however# for he wanted to play the music in that boo$ verybadly. )very night# Bach slid the boo$ between the bars ofthe loc$ed cabinet and copied the music from the forbiddenboo$ into his own boo$.
*ne night# he was so tired that he fell asleep over his wor$#forgetting to slip the boo$ bac$ into the cabinet through thebars. %hen he wo$e# his furious brother too$ and hid bothmusic boo$s+ the original# and the boo$ that Bach hadcopied. lthough the story did not end well for Bach# it showshis devotion to music# even at a young age.
t age ,-# Bach became the composer for the u$e of /a'e0%eimar. (here# he wrote much religious music# a few
cantatas# and some organ music. He was considered thenest organist in Germany.
He married his cousin# "aria Bach and they had sevenchildren. /he died in 12,3. )ighteen months after his wife&sdeath# Bach married nna "agdalena %ilc$en. /he gave
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birth to thirteen children. Bach fathered twenty children withhis two wives.
uring the last ten years of Bach&s life# his eyesight was poor
despite attempts to restore it through operations. 4n his verylate years# he was almost completely blind.
