Johan Sebastian Bach

• 1685-1750. 65 years old
• German
• Fourth generation musician
• Had 20 kids
• 9 outlived him. 4 became well-known composers
• Married his cousin. She died when he was 36, he remarried a 21 year old singer

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• Organist
• Worked for Churches and the court
• Wrote, rehearsed, conducted, and composed music for chorus, soloists, and orchestra
• Taught music students at a local school
• Worked/fixed organs
• Not known as a great composer while alive. Barely known outside of Germany
• Wrote music for every style but opera
• Famous pieces

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