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Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st l685. He was born the son of Johann Ambrosius, a musician for the Duke of Eisenach. He was the youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach. Johann Sebastian was taught by his father to play the violin and the harpsichord. He was also initiated into the art of organ playing by his famous uncle, Johann Christoph Bach, who was then organist at the Georgenkirche in Eisenach. When he was eight years old he went to the old Latin Grammar School He was taught reading and writing, Latin grammar, and a lot of scripture, both in Latin and German. Also Johann Sebastian attended the grammar school of Ohrdruf, which had become one of the most progressive schools in Germany. Bach was best known during his lifetime as an organist, organ consultant, and composer of organ works in both the traditional German free genres. He established a reputation at a young age for his great creativity and ability to integrate foreign styles into his organ works. Bach wrote music for single instruments, duets and small ensembles. Bach's best-known orchestral works are the Brandenburg concertos. An arrangement of the Air for cello and piano was the very first piece of Bach's music to be recorded. Bach performed cantatas at the Thomaskirche. His cantatas vary greatly in form and instrumentation. Some of them are only for a solo singer; some are single choruses; some are for grand orchestras; some only a few instruments. Bach's health declined in 1749. On 28 July 1750 Bach died at the age of 65. A contemporary newspaper reported the cause of death as "from the unhappy consequences of the very unsuccessful eye operation". Some modern historians speculate the cause of death was a stroke complicated by pneumonia. A comprehensive obituary of Bach was published four years later in 1754 Bach was widely recognized for his keyboard work. Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin were among his most prominent admirers. Bach's contributions to music—or, to borrow a term popularized by his student are frequently bracketed with those by William Shakespeare in English literature and Isaac Newton in physics