Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany. He was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, and violinist. He wrote both sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments. Bach is often credited with beginning the father of the Baroque music period.

He was an organist, music teacher, musician, as well as a composer. Bach is most known for his fugues for organ. He married Maria Barbara Bach and they had 7 children, four of whom survived to adulthood. After Maria died in 1720, Bach married Anna Magdalena Wilcke and they had 13 children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Johann Sebastian Bach died on July 28, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany.