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Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach

German composer (1685–1750).

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Statements about Johann Sebastian Bach

Instance Of

Human

Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

12 items
Composer
Organist
Harpsichordist
Violinist
Violist
Conductor
Choir Director
Concertmaster
Musicologist
Music Educator
Virtuoso
School Teacher

Genre

Baroque Music
Classical Music

Place of Birth

Eisenach
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Saxe-Eisenach
Country
:
Holy Roman Empire

Date of Death

7/28/1750

Place of Death

Leipzig
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Electorate of Saxony
Country
:
Holy Roman Empire

Place of Burial

St. Thomas Church

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Medical Condition

Blindness
 (1750)
Has Cause
:
John Taylor
Point in Time
: 1750

Mother

Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt

Father

Johann Ambrosius Bach

Child

20 items
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Christian Bach
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Gottfried Heinrich Bach
Catharina Dorothea Bach
Elisabeth Juliana Friderica Bach
Maria Sophia Bach
Johann Christoph Bach
Leopold Augustus Bach
Christiana Sophia Enrietta Bach
Regina Susanna Bach
Johanna Carolina Bach
Christiana Dorothea Bach
Christiana Benedicta Louisa
Regina Johanna Bach
Johann August Abraham Bach
Ernestus Andreas Bach
Christian Gottlieb Bach

Relative

Christoph Bach
Kinship to Subject
:
Grandfather

Spouse

Anna Magdalena Bach
 (12/3/1721 - 8/8/1750)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject
Start Time
: 12/3/1721
End Time
: 8/8/1750
Maria Barbara Bach
 (10/17/1707 - 7/7/1720)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
Start Time
: 10/17/1707
End Time
: 7/7/1720

Image

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External Data Available at URL

http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datase ...

Archives At

Bach-Archiv Leipzig

Seal Image

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Religion or Worldview

Lutheranism

Educated At

St. Michael's School
 ( - April 1702)
End Time
: April 1702

Employer

Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 (January 1703 - August 1703)
Position Held
:
Violinist
Start Time
: January 1703
End Time
: August 1703
Bachkirche Arnstadt
 (August 1703 - 1707)
Position Held
:
Organist
Start Time
: August 1703
End Time
: 1707
Saint Blaise
Position Held
:
Organist
Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
Position Held
:
Chapelmaster
Thomasschule Zu Leipzig
Position Held
:
Cantor
Position Held
:
Music Teacher
Collegium Musicum
Position Held
:
Conductor

Commons Gallery

Johann Sebastian Bach

List of Works

List of Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
Bach-Compendium
Neue Bach-Ausgabe
Joh. Seb. Bach's Werke

Given Name

Johann
Series Ordinal
:1
Sebastian
Series Ordinal
:2

Date of Birth

3/31/1685
3/31/1685

Notable Work

25 items
Brandenburg Concertos
Cello Suites
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
Klavierbüchlein Für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Mass in B Minor
Violin Concerto in E Major
Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Italian Concerto
The Musical Offering
The Art of Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier
English Suites
Harpsichord Concertos
Goldberg Variations
Organ Sonatas
Orchestral Suites
Jesu, Meine Freude (BWV 227)
Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben, BWV 147
Geschwinde, Ihr Wirbelnden Winde
Inventions and Sinfonias
St Matthew Passion
St John Passion
Christmas Oratorio

Instrument

Organ
Harpsichord
Violin
Viola

Work Location

Mühlhausen/Thuringia
Weimar
Leipzig
Arnstadt
Köthen

Family Name

Bach

Described by Source

21 items
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Бах Иоганн Себастьян
Otto's Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q23855905
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Bach, Johann Sebastian (ADB)
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24008321
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24343229
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q30106214
Riemann's Music Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q27771833
Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
EB-9 / Johann-Sebastian Bach
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
EB-11 / Bach, Johann Sebastian
The Eyes of Johann Sebastian Bach
BEIC Digital Library
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Bach, Johann Sebastian
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q112768358
Berühmte Klavierspieler Der Vergangenheit Und Gegenwart
Subject Named As
:Johann Sebastian Bach
Page(s)
:3-6
Outstanding Personalities in Dresden and Their Flats
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Johann Sebastian Bach
New International Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Bach, Johann Sebastian
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New Student's Reference Work/Bach, Johann Sebastian
Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Page(s)
:16
Dresdner Hefte
Statement Is Subject Of
:
"Sound, You Drums! Sound, You Trumpets!"
Statement Is Subject Of
:
"I Give Music First Place After Theology"

Student

Johann Friedrich Agricola
Johann Christoph Altnickol
Johann Friedrich Doles
Carl Gotthelf Gerlach
Johann Ludwig Krebs
Johann Gottfried Müthel
Johann Christian Kittel
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Country of Citizenship

Saxe-Eisenach
Holy Roman Empire
Germany
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Anachronism

Image of Grave

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Plaque Image

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Student Of

Johann Ambrosius Bach
Johann Christoph Bach III
Johann Ludwig Bach
Johann Christoph Bach II
Dietrich Buxtehude
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Misinformation

Sibling

Johann Christoph Bach III
Kinship to Subject
:
Elder Brother
Johann Jacob Bach
Kinship to Subject
:
Elder Brother

Influenced By

Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Pachelbel
Johann Georg Pisendel

Family

Bach Family

Position Held

Chapelmaster
 (December 1717 - April 1723)
Start Time
: December 1717
End Time
: April 1723
Thomaskantor
 (1723 - 1750)
End Cause
:
Death
Start Time
: 1723
End Time
: 1750

Cause of Death

Stroke

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German
Italian
Latin

Native Language

German

Start of Work Period

1710

Discography

Johann Sebastian Bach Discography

Writing Language

German

Has Works in the Collection

Procuratoria Di San Marco Musical Archive

Described at URL

https://jsbach.de
https://www.bach-leipzig.de/de/neutr ...
https://www.klassika.info/Komponiste ...
http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?i ...
http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?i ...

Number of Children

20

Depicted By

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

Related Category

Category:Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Ethnic Group

Germans
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Name in Native Language

Johann Sebastian Bach
Pronunciation Audio
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Different From

Johann Sebastian Bach

Pronunciation Audio

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