Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st l685, the son of Johann Ambrosius, court trumpeter for the Duke of Eisenach and director of the musicians of the town of Eisenach in Thuringia. For many years, members of the Bach family throughout Thuringia had held positions such as organists, town instrumentalists, or Cantors, and the family name enjoyed a wide reputation for musical talent. The family at Eisenach lived in a reasonably …showed first 75 words of 1825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1825 total…the baroque era, one of the greatest and most productive geniuses in the history of Western music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography Baroque Composers and Musicians http://www3.islandnet.com/~arton/bqxjsbach.html Miles, Russell, H. Johann Sebastian Bach Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J 1962 Ivester, M. Douglas. Johann Sebastian Bach, Biography South-Western Publishing, Detroit 1972 Schweitzer, Albert. J. S. Bach The Macmillan Company, New York 1923 Strunk, William, Johann Sebastian Bach, The Composer New York Publishing, New York 1978