Download Johann Sebastian Bach

By: Shay Shay Alston
Bach’s Family Background
• Bach's father, Johann
• Bach's father worked as a
Ambrosius, married Maria
Elisabeth Lämmerhirt on
April 8, 1668.
• They had eight children,
five of which survived;
Johann Sebastian (the
youngest).
houseman and a musician in
the ducal court of SaxeEisenach.
• Bach's mother died in 1694
and a few months later,
Bach's father married
Barbara Margaretha.
Unfortunately, three months
into his second marriage, he
died of a serious illness.
 When Bach was 9 years old, he
attended his oldest brother's
(Johann Christoph) wedding
where he met Johann Pachelbel,
composer of the famous
Pachelbel Canon.
 When Bach's father died, he and
his brother were adopted by
Christoph.
Teenage Years
•Bach attended
Lyceum until 1700.
•While at Lyceum, he
learned reading,
writing, arithmetic,
singing, history,
natural science, and
religion.
•He was forth in his
class when he
finished his
schooling.
Early Adult Years
 In 1707, Bach was hired to play for special services at
a church in Mühlhausen; Bach composed the music in
which he was to play.
 In 1708, Bach received and accepted a job offering
with a higher salary from the Duke of Weimar,
Wilhelm Ernst, to play in his court.
Mid-Adult
Years
• While in Weimar, Bach was
appointed court organist, and it is
supposed that he wrote much of
his organ music there.
• Much to the Dukes liking, along
with Bach's salary increases, he
earned the title
of Konzertmeister (concert
master).
• After seeking the more prestigious
title of Kappelmeister (chapel
master), he accepted an offer from
Prince Leopold of Cöthen in 1717.
 While in school, Bach studied
orthodox Lutheranism, logic,
rhetoric, Latin and Greek,
arithmetic, history, geography
and German poetry.
 Bach was a keyboard virtuoso.
He mastered organ and later
harpsichord.
 Although Bach received formal
lessons, his virtuosity was selftaught.
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