INTRODUCTION
Johann Sebastian was a German composer who became a great violinist, violist, pianist and harpsichordist of the Baroque period. Bach wrote over eleven hundred music compositions in all different genres. His music became the essential part of the education today for every musician. Bach was an influenced composer and was an inspiration to many leaving a great legacy behind after his death.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Childhood & Place of Birth
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 to Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elizabeth Lämmerhirt Bach in Eisenach, Germany. Johann Sebastian Bach was the youngest of eight children in the family. His family had great outlines of musical history having musicians going back seven generations (Begbie …show more content…
Such influence on his childhood would be a further reason in which why Sebastian would strive to become the best composer. Bach studied organ music as well as the construction and maintenance of the organ. At the age of 14, Bach received a scholarship to the famous St. Michael's school in Luneburg, near Hamburg. Bach's studies included organ, harpsichord, and singing. In addition he took the academic studies in theology, history and geography, and lessons of Latin, Italian, and French (Famous People All Rights Reserved n.d.). Fortunately, the young Bach continued to learn from many sources constantly travelling to hear other musicians that helped free him from limited musical horizons. In my opinion only these types of experiences would have allowed him to stimulate the kind of development that would allow him to draw new ideas. During his early life, he began composing chorale preludes. These compositions were later played in worship …show more content…
Apart from being a talented composer these pieces became popular in his era and are even ones of the most remembered today. From my personal point of view the life of Johann Sebastian Bach to be one of the most admiring ones. I believe that he I one of the greatest composers that can stand today. Not only did he leave great music behind, but also he allowed us to have a glimpse of what he was like through his music and artistic way of expressing himself. I can look back and remember that when I was little I remember listing to his classical music and just delighting my self in these melodies and his fantastic compositions that still remain in my mind until
Johann Sebastian was a German composer who became a great violinist, violist, pianist and harpsichordist of the Baroque period. Bach wrote over eleven hundred music compositions in all different genres. His music became the essential part of the education today for every musician. Bach was an influenced composer and was an inspiration to many leaving a great legacy behind after his death.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Childhood & Place of Birth
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 to Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elizabeth Lämmerhirt Bach in Eisenach, Germany. Johann Sebastian Bach was the youngest of eight children in the family. His family had great outlines of musical history having musicians going back seven generations (Begbie …show more content…
Such influence on his childhood would be a further reason in which why Sebastian would strive to become the best composer. Bach studied organ music as well as the construction and maintenance of the organ. At the age of 14, Bach received a scholarship to the famous St. Michael's school in Luneburg, near Hamburg. Bach's studies included organ, harpsichord, and singing. In addition he took the academic studies in theology, history and geography, and lessons of Latin, Italian, and French (Famous People All Rights Reserved n.d.). Fortunately, the young Bach continued to learn from many sources constantly travelling to hear other musicians that helped free him from limited musical horizons. In my opinion only these types of experiences would have allowed him to stimulate the kind of development that would allow him to draw new ideas. During his early life, he began composing chorale preludes. These compositions were later played in worship …show more content…
Apart from being a talented composer these pieces became popular in his era and are even ones of the most remembered today. From my personal point of view the life of Johann Sebastian Bach to be one of the most admiring ones. I believe that he I one of the greatest composers that can stand today. Not only did he leave great music behind, but also he allowed us to have a glimpse of what he was like through his music and artistic way of expressing himself. I can look back and remember that when I was little I remember listing to his classical music and just delighting my self in these melodies and his fantastic compositions that still remain in my mind until