Interesting facts about Bach

Here you will find some interesting information about Bach.

Bach had two wives and 20 children, four of whom followed in their father’s footsteps to become famous composers themselves. It's hard to believe, but that's the truth.

Bach was made organist to the Duke of Saxeweimar.
At the Duke’s court there was a chapel with an organ. Bach composed many of his great organ works at this time. He had to write cantatas for church services. A few years later, he was offered a job in the town of Cöthen, where he would earn an even better salary. The Duke was angry and did not want him to go but Bach insisted, so the Duke put Bach in prison for a month. There he started his masterpiece, "The Well-Tempered Clavier". In the end he had to let the musician go.

He said: "I was obliged to work hard. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed just as well."


Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.

Bye!

 

 

Bach's biography

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685. He was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He was little-known and was mostly recognized for performing on the organ.

He spent his entire life there, working as an organist, teacher, and composer.

Bach was the youngest of eight children. His father had been a town musician, and probably gave Bach his early music lessons. It is believed that he taught him to play the violin.

When he was 10, Bach found himself an orphan after the death of both of his parents. His older brother, who was a church organist, took him in.

He probably taught Bach much about the organ. Bach had also a beautiful soprano singing voice. 

Bach wrote "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," one of his most popular pieces for the organ.

 

By 1740, Bach was struggling with his eyesight, but he continued to work despite his vision problems.

Nine years later, he started a new composition called "The Art of Fugue", but he did not complete it. He tried to fix his failing sight by having surgery, but the operation ended up leaving him completely blind.

A year later, Bach suffered a stroke. He died in Leipzig in 1750.

 

 

It is his work: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor". I hope you like it!!

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