Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach was a musician and Bach's big brother Johann Christoph Bach taught him the harpsichord, violin and organ. He went to go live with him. Sometimes, he got up in the middle of the night and looked at music. When his brother found out he was angry at him and gave him a spanking.
When Bach got older he walked long distances to see the organist Dietrich Buxtehude.


In 1707 when Bach was 22 he married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach. She had 7 children but 4 didn't survive. In 1720 she died. Know one knows why. After she died he married Anna Magdalena Wilcken. She had 13 children but 12 of them died.

 After a while Bach began to be a little blind. A few months later, he became very blind. He became so blind that he got sick. He became so sick that he died. He died in 1750. His best compositions are Toccata and Fugue, Brandenburg Concertos, his Passions and Inventions

A portrait of Bach 

Bach's father, Johann Ambrosius Bach