Bach
Biological Sketch:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach
Died: July 28, 1750, Lepizig
Personal Life:
A) Family
1) Parents:
Bach
Father: Johann Ambrosius Bach
Mother: Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt
2) Children (Those noted by name):
Wilhelm Friedemann
Carl Philipp Emanuel
Johann Gottfried Bernhard
Johann Christoph Frederick
Johann Christian
3) Wives
His cousin Maria Barbara, Oct. 17 1684
Anna Magdalena 1720
B) Health
Fairly good all his life(I couldn't find any thing that talked about his health)
Eyesight deteriorated in the 1740's
Went completely bind in 1750
Died 1750
C) Character and personality
Seemed to skip school allot
Didn't live the life of a saint
Became dissatisfied with the possibilities for a "well-regulated church music"
Social climber
D) Physical Features
Medium built
Career:
A) Instruments:
Organ
Violin
Harpsichord
Clavichord
Cello
B) Instruction:
First lessons were by his brother
George Bohm
C) Significant places:
Luneburg is where Bach attended school by singing in the choir.
Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 61) in a portrait by E...
Johann Ambrosius Bach, father of Johann Sebastian ...
A flat major (As-dur) fugue from the second part o...Arnstadt is where Bach got his first serious job.
Leipzig is where Bach spent the last 27 years of his life and also gave the first performances of the St. John Passion and produced the Magnificat and the St. Matthew Passion.
D) Significant people:
Johann Christoph (brother) gave Sebastian his first keyboard lessons
Johann Adam Reinken influenced Bach
Dietrich Buxtchude Abendmusiken deeply influenced him with organ music and vocal works.
Tobias Lammerhirt left Bach a small inheritance
Johann August Ernesti was the godfather of two of Bach's children
E) Employers:
Duke Johann Ernst of Sxony-Weimar, 1702
Neue Kirche, August 1703
Blasiuskirche, June 1707
Wihelm Ernst, 1708
Prince Leopold, December 1717
St. Thomas, May 5 1723
Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weissenfels, 1729
Frederick Augustus II, 1736
F) Means of earning a living:
Performing musician
Teaching students
Allowing a band to practice in his house
Dealer of books...