Johann Sebastian Bach
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The Bach family already had several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician, Johann Ambrosius, in Eisenach. After being orphaned at age 10, he lived for five years with his eldest brother, Johann Christoph, then continued his musical education in Lüneburg. In 1703 he returned to Thuringia, working as a musician for Protestant churches in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, and for longer periods at courts in Weimar, where he expanded his organ repertory, and Köthen, where he was mostly engaged with chamber music. In 1723 he was hired as Thomaskantor (cantor at St Thomas's) in Leipzig. There he composed music for the principal Lutheran churches of the city and its university's student ensemble Collegium Musicum. In 1726 he began publishing his keyboard and organ music. In Leipzig, as had happened during some of his earlier positions, he had difficult relations with his employer. This situation was somewhat remedied when his sovereign, Augustus III of Poland, granted him the title of court composer in 1736. In the last decades of his life, Bach reworked and extended many of his earlier compositions. He died of complications after a botched eye surgery in 1750 at the age of 65.
Bach enriched established German styles through his mastery of counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and his adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. His compositions include hundreds of cantatas, both sacred and secular. He composed Latin church music, Passions, oratorios, and motets. He often adopted Lutheran hymns, not only in his larger vocal works but, for instance, also in his four-part chorales and his sacred songs. Bach wrote extensively for organ and for other keyboard instruments. He composed concertos, for instance for violin and for harpsichord, and suites, as chamber music as well as for orchestra. Many of his works use contrapuntal techniques like canon and fugue.
In the 18th century Bach was primarily known as an organist, while his keyboard music, such as ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', was appreciated for its didactic qualities. The 19th century saw the publication of some significant Bach biographies, and by the end of that century all of his known music had been printed. Dissemination of scholarship on the composer continued through periodicals (and later also websites) exclusively devoted to him and other publications such as the ''Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis'' (BWV, a numbered catalogue of his works) and new critical editions of his compositions. His music was further popularised through a multitude of arrangements, including the ''Air on the G String'' and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", and of recordings such as three different box sets with complete performances of his oeuvre marking the 250th anniversary of his death. Provided by Wikipedia
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J.S. Bach's Precepts and principles for playing the thorough-bass or accompanying in four parts : Leipzig, 1738 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Bach piano transcriptions. 10 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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St. Luke's passion (Lukas-Passion), BWV 246 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Sämtliche Orchesterwerke = The complete orchestral works by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Le clavier bien tempéré. Premier livre by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Prelude & fugues ; Concerto, BWV 594 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Violin concerto no. 1, in A minor ; Violin concerto no. 2, in E major ; Double concerto (2 violins) in D minor. Violin concerto movement in D major by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Harpsichord praeludium by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantatas, BWV 125-127 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Kantate : Nr. 211 (Kaffee-Kantate) Schweight stille, plaudert nicht = Silence : Écoutez! (BWV 211) by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelisten Matthäus by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn' und Schild : cantata no. 79 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata texts, sacred and secular by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Œuvres complètes pour orgue by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantatas nos. 146-147 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Sicilienne by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Bach flute sonatas by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Introduction to the study of Bach : a progressive course from first lessons to major works by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Keyboard concertos by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Beautify thyself, my spirit; Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele. Sacred cantata no. 180, for the twentieth Sunday after Trinity. by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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