Johann Sebastian Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach


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Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire
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Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

He wrote more than two hundred cantatas, the Saint Matthew Passion , the Mass in B Minor , orchestras, such as the six Brandenburg Concertos , chamber ensembles, and numerous works for organ, harpsichord, other solo instruments.

Bach fathered noted Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Johann Christian Bach.

Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia arranged his works.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier: ...

4.67 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1938 — 23 editions
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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 24...

4.57 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2013 — 56 editions
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J. S. Bach Two-part Inventions

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4.57 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1903 — 46 editions
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J. S. Bach: Inventions & Si...

4.71 avg rating — 42 ratings12 editions
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J.S. Bach: Six Unaccompanie...

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Mass in B Minor in Full Score

4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1985 — 30 editions
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Goldberg Variations: BWV 98...

4.65 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1938 — 34 editions
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Notebook for Anna Magdalena...

4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions
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The Art of the Fugue and A ...

4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions
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Das Wohltemperierte Klavier...

4.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1695 — 71 editions
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“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.”
Johann Sebastian Bach

“I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.”
Johann Sebastian Bach

“The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.”
J.S. Bach

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