Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685 and was a contemporary of George Handel. He was an outstanding German composer of the Baroque. He was born in Eisenach, and he was the son of a town musician.Bach was orphaned at age ten and had to go and live with his elder brother, Johann Christoph Bach who was also an organist at Ohrdruf. In addition to receiving keyboard instruction from this capable musician, Bach was also an outstanding student in the Ohrdruf Lyceum. In 1700-1702, he completed his rather meager education in St. Luneburg, where he earned his living as a soprano singer in the unusually fine church choir. At the age of 18, he took up a job briefly as a violinist at Weimar, then held more responsible posts as organist at Arnstadt(1703-1707) and Muhlhausen(1707-1708). Bach's later activities as musician and composer reflected the needs of the three musical establishments with which he was associated. Weimar (1708-1717) Bach's duties were connected mainly with religio...