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Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach dates 1685-1750
Arnstadt, Mulhausen Early career as court violinist, chamber musician, and organist.
Maria Barbara Bach first wife, married 1707
Weimar 1708-1717. Court organist and chamber musician to the Duke of Weimar. Many organ works, cantatas and chorale settings.
Cothen 1717-1723 Kapellmeister to prince Leopold. Marries Anna Magdalena Wilke after death of Maria Barbara.
Leipzig 1723-1750 Cantor of St. Thomas School. appointed director of Collegium Musicum. Goldberg Variations, Art of Fugue, The Musical offering. Died july 28, 1750.
Anna Magdalena Wilke second wife, married in 1721
Prelude A small, improvisatory-style piece that sets the mood (affection) for an upcomming piece.
Fugue A Highly structured contrapuntal work, consisting of a returning subject, either a tonal or real answer, a returning countersubject,and a returning episode.
Collegium Musicum a music school at St. Thomas school in Leipzig.
Johann Christoph Johann Sebastian's older brother and caregiver after parents' deaths.
keyboard works fugues, inventions, student notebooks (Notebook for Anna Magdalena)
organ works chorale preludes, toccatas, passacaglias, fugues (prelude and fugue in Bb minor)
chamber music sonatas for flute, violin, and harpsichord; suites for viola
orchestral works suites, concertos (brandenburg concertos)
Brandenburg Concertos 6 orchestral concertos
The Well-Tempered Clavier two sets of 24 preludes and fugues (one for each major and minor key.)
The Glory of God dedication of all of Bach's works.
The Musical Offering contrapuntal work based on a theme provided by Frederick the Great.
vocal works cantatas (200), passions (St. John, St. Matthew), masses (Mass in B minor).
well tempered new style of tuning keyboards.
birth: place and year Eisenach, 1685
childhood orphaned at age 10, Became violinist and virtuoso organist.
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