Johann Sebastian Bach: Famous Composer And Organ

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Choral Performance Make-Up Project Composer-Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous composer and organist. He was born on March-21-1685. He was born in Eisenach Germany and died at age 65 on July-28-1750 in Leipzig Germany. Johann was a father of over twenty children. He had seven with his first wife but four out of the seven died. Johann also had 13 more children with his second wife Anna Magdalena unfortunately only six made it to adulthood the others died at birth or at a very young age. Johann Sebastian Bach started at a latin grammar school at the age of eight years old while going to this school a gentlemen's choir group was created. The choir was a chance to for Bach to sing. Johann Sebastian Bach had

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