Johann Sebastian Bach: Master Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach

A German composer, organist, harpsichordist, and music teacher of the Holy Roman Empire. Born into the Bach family, which produced many musicians, he studied music in Eisenach, Ohrdruf, and Lüneburg. After working in Arnstadt, Mühlhausen, Weimar, and Köthen, he served as cantor and music director at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig from 1723. Leaving behind a wide range of works including church music, cantatas, passions, concertos, and instrumental pieces, he is a composer representing Baroque music who advanced counterpoint to a high level.

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1685	Birth of Johann Sebastian Bach (Period: March 21, 1685 (Julian calendar; March 31 in Gregorian calendar), Location: Eisenach (Thuringia, Germany))
1694	Death of Parents and Relocation to Ohrdruf (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 8 years old, Period: 1694–1695, Location: Eisenach and Ohrdruf (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1700	Studies at St. Michael's School in Lüneburg (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 14 years old, Period: c. 1700–1702, Location: Lüneburg (present-day Lower Saxony, Germany))
1701	War of the Spanish Succession (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1701–1714, Location: Western Europe, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, etc.)
1703	Appointment as Organist in Arnstadt (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1703–1707, Location: Arnstadt (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1705	The Geyersbach Incident in Arnstadt (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 20 years old, Period: August 1705, Location: Arnstadt (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1707	Mühlhausen Period and First Marriage (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 21 years old, Period: 1707–1708, Location: Mühlhausen (present-day Thuringia, Germany)) Marriage (Johann Sebastian Bach, Maria Barbara Bach, Age: 22 years old, Period: c. October 17, 1707, Location: Mühlhausen (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1708	Period as Weimar Court Organist and Concertmaster (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1708–1717, Location: Weimar (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1717	Period as Kapellmeister of the Köthen Court (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 31 years old, Period: 1717–1723, Location: Köthen (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)) Resignation and Detention Incident in Weimar (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 32 years old, Period: August–December 1717, Location: Weimar (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1720	Death of Maria Barbara and Remarriage (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 34 years old, Period: 1720–1721, Location: Köthen (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany))
1721	Marriage (Johann Sebastian Bach, Anna Magdalena Wilcke, Age: 36 years old, Period: December 3, 1721, Location: Köthen (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany))
1723	Appointment as Thomaskantor in Leipzig (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 37 years old, Period: 1723, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany))
1724	Premiere of the St John Passion (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1724, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany))
1727	Premiere of the St Matthew Passion (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1727, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany))
1730	Conflict with Leipzig City Authorities over Musical Environment and Duties (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 44 years old, Period: Around 1730, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany))
1733	Dedication of the Main Portions of the Mass in B minor (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1733, Location: Dresden (present-day Saxony, Germany))
1736	The "Prefect Dispute" with St. Thomas School Rector Johann August Ernesti (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 50 years old, Period: 1736, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany)) Appointment as Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court Composer (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 50 years old, Period: 1736, Location: Dresden / Leipzig (present-day Germany))
1740	Composition of The Art of Fugue (Age: 54 years old, Period: Late 1740s–1750, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany))
1747	The Musical Offering (Age: 61 years old, Period: 1747, Location: Potsdam (present-day Brandenburg, Germany) and Leipzig)
1748	Deterioration of Sight and Eye Surgery (Johann Sebastian Bach, Age: 62 years old, Period: 1748–1750, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany))
1750	Death of Johann Sebastian Bach (Age: 65 years old, Period: July 28, 1750)

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Roman Empire	Rudolf II Matthias Ferdinand II Ferdinand Ernst Leopold I Charles VI Maria Theresa
Habsburg Family	Leopold Felician Prince Eugene Kara Mustafa Pasha Jan Sobieski Charles V
Science and Astronomy	Tycho Brahe Jan Baptist van Helmont Georg Marcgrave Georg Ernst Stahl Lorenz Heister Albrecht von Haller Philip Clüver Maria Sibylla Merian Johann Georg Gmelin
Music & Art	Peter Paul Rubens Heinrich Schütz Dieterich Buxtehude Johann Pachelbel Georg Philipp Telemann Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt Johann Balthasar Neumann

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