Kristina's+page+on+J.S.+Bach

He was born on march 21 1685 the year 1985 is the’ 300th year of his birth. He went to live with his older brother johann Christoph who was the organist in the town of ohrdruf. the young boy found that he could squeeze his small hand in through the holes in the lattice here with his borther for a teacher he could study the harpsichord andperhaps even the organ .the desire to learn to play the keyboard instruments was tremendous. He knew that his hsd very special musicbook but sebastian to lose both parents within a year was a and religious –minded boy, and through out his life he was to write some his most beautiful music about sadness and death. His brother discovered what he hade done he took the book away from him. To his great surprise bach did not need his book for copying the notes, his brain hade taken a picture of each page and they were forever locked in his memory. He could play each one of the pieces he had spent so long copying without even looking at the notes.when sebastian was 15 years old he set out with a friend to the city of luneburg. not having much money they could not afford to travel by coach so they walked the 200 miles to == =by:kristina dawn butler=

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