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Johann Sebastian Bach

Master of counterpoint and Baroque composition

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany on 21 March 1685 O.S.[1][2] Complications arising from an unsuccessful eye operation caused Bach's death on 28 July 1750.[3] With the sole exception of opera, Bach created works in all musical forms current during his lifetime.[4]

Life and work

Bach was the eighth and youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach, director of the town musicians.[1] On 14 August 1703 he became the organist at the New Church in Arnstadt.[5] In 1706 Bach applied for a post as organist at the Blasius Church in Mühlhausen.[6] Bach left Mühlhausen in 1708, returning to Weimar as organist and later Konzertmeister.[7]

In 1717 Bach was hired as Kapellmeister by Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.[8] In 1723 Bach was appointed Thomaskantor in Leipzig, a position he held for 27 years.[9][10] Bach commenced his education at St Michael's School in Lüneburg no later than 3 April 1700.[11] Bach became a court musician in the chapel of Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, in January 1703.[12]

Having obtained a four-week leave in 1705–1706, Bach stayed away for roughly four months to receive instruction from Johann Adam Reincken and to hear both Reincken and Dieterich Buxtehude perform in Lübeck.[13] Bach wed Maria Barbara Bach in 1707; following her death, he married Anna Magdalena Wilcke in 1721.[14][15]

What the cited sources add

A 2009 paper by Zegers and others in The Medical Journal of Australia questions whether the remains in Bach's grave are authentic.[16][17] The same source states that Bach moved to Leipzig on May 22, 1723.[2] The Baroque Music Site describes Bach's arrival in Leipzig as a major event reported by a North German newspaper.[2] The Baroque Music Site states that Bach's dual appointment as chamber musician and organist in the court gave him many chances to improve.[2]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Boyd 1999, p. 5–6; Wolff 2000, p. 15; Williams 2016, p. 13; Boyd 1999, p. 5–6; Boyd 1999, p. 5–6; Wolff Emery Wollny Leisinger 2018, p. II. List of all family members alphabetically by first name; Boyd 1999, p. 5–6; Wolff Emery 2001, p. "10. Iconography"; Boyd 1999, p. 5–6; Wolff Emery 2001, p. "10. Iconography" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. "Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232", The Baroque Music Site. facts only, no text reused. baroquemusic.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hanford, "J.S. Bach: Timeline of His Life", J.S. Bach Home Page; "Johann Sebastian Bach – Eine Chronologie Bach-Archiv Leipzig", www.bach-leipzig.de; David Mendel Wolff 1998, p. 299; Spitta 1899c, p. [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb03spituoft#page/274/mode/1up 274] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wolff Emery 2001, p. "10. Iconography"; Crist Stauff 2011, p. § "Introduction"; Wolff Emery 2001, p. "10. Iconography"; Wolff 1991, p. 5–7; Wolff Emery 2001, p. "10. Iconography"; Breig 2016, p. § "Kammermusik"; Wolff Emery 2001, p. "10. Iconography" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chiapusso 1968, p. 62; Wolff Emery 2001, p. "10. Iconography"; Williams 2003a, p. 40 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Williams 2003a, p. 40; Bach Digital Work at; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Johann Sebastian Bach: A Detailed Informative Biography", The Baroque Music Site; "History of the Bach House", Bach House Weimar (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Miles 1962, p. 86–87; Boyd 1999, p. 5–6; Dellal 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; Spitta 1899b, p. 11; Alfred Dörffel. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Volume 27: Thematisches Verzeichniss der Kirchencantaten No. 1–120. Breitkopf & Härtel, 1878. Introduction, p. VI (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wolff 2013, p. 348 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wolff 2000, p. 15; ; ; Boyd 1999, p. 5–6; "Researchers Find Bach's Oldest Manuscripts", 2006; Wolff 2000, p. 15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rich 1995, p. 27; Boyd 1999, p. 5–6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wolff 2000, p. 15; ; Snyder, "Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lübeck", University Rochester Press, 2007, p. 104–106 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  14. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Johann Sebastian Bach: A Detailed Informative Biography", The Baroque Music Site (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  15. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Forkel 1920, p. [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastian01terrgoog#page/n358/mode/1up Table VII, p. 309]; Spitta 1899b, p. 11; Geiringer 1966, p. 50; Wolff 1983, p. 98, 111 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  16. Richard H. C. Zegers, "Are the alleged remains of Johann Sebastian Bach authentic?", The Medical Journal of Australia (2009), doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02354.x. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  17. Wikipedia, "Johann Sebastian Bach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Johann Sebastian Bach: A Detailed Informative Biography", The Baroque Music Site; Zegers, "Are the Alleged Remains of Johann Sebastian Bach Authentic?", The Medical Journal of Australia, 2009, p. 213–216 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

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