Bach when was he born

In Bach became upset when he was not offered the opportunity to replace the duke's court conductor, who had died. Bach, who had already accepted an advance in salary, became so angry that he was placed under arrest and jailed for almost a month.

In Bach's wife died, leaving him a widower with seven children. She had to take over the difficult role of wife to a man of genius and also that of mother to his children, the oldest of whom was twelve years old. But she seems to have been equal to both tasks. In addition, during the next twenty years she presented Bach with thirteen more children. Bach also wrote his major orchestral works during this period. He wrote many of his keyboard works for the instruction of his own children.

However, after Prince Leopold married, he had less time for music, and the court orchestra had less to do. This decrease in importance, plus Bach's concern over his children's education, led him to look for another position in a strong Lutheran area.

In he was named cantor choir leader of Leipzig, Germany, to replace the deceased Johann Kuhnau. The Leipzig committee was reluctant to hire Bach. His reputation was mainly as an organist, not as a composer, and his ability as an organist was not needed since the cantor was not required to play at the services. His duties were primarily to provide choral music designed for a choir for two large churches, St. Thomas and St.

In addition, special music was required on certain days of the church year and for other occasions such as funerals. Bach promised to perform not only the musical duties but also other responsibilities in connection with the St. Thomas School, such as teaching classes in music, giving private singing lessons, and even teaching Latin.

While in Leipzig Bach composed the bulk of his choral music. Bach gradually lost his eyesight during his final years, and he was totally blind the last year of his life. A few days before his death he read parts of the hymn Vor deinen Thron tret' ich allhier Before Thy Throne I Stand for his son-in-law to write down.

Following a stroke and a high fever, Bach died on July 28, Four of his sons carried on the musical tradition of the Bach family. For Bach writing music was an expression of faith.

Every composition was "in the name of Jesus" and "to the glory of God alone. On top of that local political factions in the Leipzig Council manipulated Bach's educational work as well as his compositions and public performances.

They were pressuring him as the Cantor and Composer and interfering his creative efforts by imposing restrictions on his performances because of their ugly political games. King Frederick the Great invited Bach to Potsdam in There the king played his own theme for Bach and challenged the composer to improvise on it.

Bach used the 'royal theme' and improvised a three-part fugue on the king's piano. Later Bach upgraded the king's theme to a more sophisticated melody, and composed an array of pieces based on the improved 'royal theme', which he titled "Musical Offering" and later presented this composition to the king. Legacy: Bach wrote over eleven hundred music compositions in all genres. In Leipzig alone he wrote a cantata for every Sunday and feast day of the year, of which cantatas survive.

Some of his compositions were written on the same theme at different times in his life, like choral cantatas and organ works on similar themes with significantly reworked arrangements. The complete list of Bach's works, BWV, has compositions for voice, organ, harpsichord, violin, cello, flute, chamber music for small ensembles, orchestral music, concertos for violin and orchestra, and for keyboard and orchestra.

His music became the essential part of the education for every musician. Bach is by far the most performed and recorded composer in history.

His 'Das Wohltemperierte Clavier' The well-tempered keyboard, or The well-tuned piano, in modern terminology is the definitive work for all students as well as concert musicians. Bach's 'Orgebuchlein' The little organ book is a staple in the repertoire of organists and pianists, and some pieces from it were arranged for ensembles.

Bach's many chorales, especially the "Mass in B Minor" are considered the best works in the genre. Bach's music was used in hundreds of films, thousands of stage productions, and continues being played all over the world. The definitive biography of J.

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Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Unsurprisingly, the young Bach made quite the impression at the Latin Grammar School, where he was invited to sing in the Georgenkirche choir with the other pupils. Described as having an 'uncommonly fine treble voice', it's here the young composer encountered the Lutheran spirit first hand, cementing the religious faith which inspired so many of his later compositions. Unfortunately, the image of the young family enjoying a charmed life in the small town is very far from the reality.

Bach lost a brother and a sister in early childhood, and his mother died when he was only nine years old. Hit by poor sewage disposal and badly organised waste disposal, his father died nine months later in February Now an orphan, Bach and one of his brothers, Johann Jakob, were adopted into the family of the eldest Bach brother - confusingly, also called Johann Christoph.

He lived nearby in the town of Ohrdruf, working as the organist in the local church, St. Michaeliskirche, and had recently married. Despite the difficulties in his personal life, the young Bach's musical development started in earnest in Eisenach.