Bach's Influence On The Life Of Johann Sebastian

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany on March 31st, 1685. He was raised in a family of musicians. Johann Sebastian Bach learned to play the harpsichord, organ, and violin. Bach came from generations of musicians. Johann's father taught him to play the violin and harpsichord when he was young and his father was also a musician in Eisenach. Johann Sebastian Bach was also influenced by his famous uncle Johann Christoph, a organist at the Georgenkirche in Eisenach. Bach was given a religious education which deeply effected his life. Bach was so religious that everything that he did with music was an act of prayer. At the age of eight Johann Sebastian attended the school choir. That gave him a change to sing to the village. Everyone described his voice as an “uncommonly fine treble voice.” At the age of ten Johann Sebastian Bach had became an orphan, both his parents were dead. Johann Sebastian …show more content…
Johann Sebastian loved the concerts and showed much interest. Johann Sebastian learned new ideas and enthusiasm when he got back from his trip and he immediately practiced playing them. Johann Sebastian used his new ideas and enthusiasm but the others just got confused. The church council did not like it so Sebastian started to look for another place. Sebastian later married a women named Maria Barbra and that lady was said to maybe be his cousin. Johann Sebastian heard that the organist of the town Muhlhusen has died so he applied for the job. After an audition for the position was successful he attained the job. After arriving to Muhlhusen he was the organist for the town. Half the town was burnt down and he was forced to pay high rent. After he settled down in Muhlhusen he brought his cousin Maria Barbra down their with him and they got married in a small church in a little village of Dornheim on October 17th