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By Lindsey Green Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. -Ludwig Van Beethoven Biography Composition History Listening Guide Works Cited Born March 21, 1685 German Composer, Organist, Harpischordist, & Violinist Youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach Awarded Choral Scholarship at St. Michael’s School Learned to speak French & Italian languages 1706 Married his 2nd cousin Maria Barbara Bach & later in 1720 to Anna Magdalena Wilcke Composer of the Baroque Time Period 1708-1717 Weimar Organist and Concertmaster 1723 appointed Cantor of Thomasschule at St. Thomas Church March 1729 Dictator of the Collegium Musicum In 1749 Bach became blind Died in Leipzip on July 28, 1750 at age 65 The Art of Fugue was written before right before Bach’s death 1703 Bach appointed as court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst Bach was particular to Italian style of music Composed secular cantatas for the court such as Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht Bach’s work in 1717-1723 was considered Secular, it includes Orchestral Suites and The Six Suites Air on the G String Composed between 1717-1723 First piece written by Bach Named after the violinist August Wilhelmj’s 19th century piece Toccata & Fugue in D Minor Composed in 1708 One of the most famous organ works Title originates from the Italian word “Toccata”, or touch Featured in the famous Walt Disney film “Fantasia” The Little Fugue in G Minor (3:47) Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major: Allegro (10:23) Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebasti an_Bach http://www.harrisburgsymphony.org/MW1. pdf
