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JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH, MARCH 21, 1685, JULY 28, 1750

· JOGANN SEBASTAIN BACH WAS BORN ON MARCH 21, 1685. THE YEAR 1985 IS THE 300th year of his birth. Such as event is marked by festivals and tributes and, and And special concerts all year. · By the time he started school his father was giving him Violin lessons and he began singing in the choir of Of st. Georges church on Sundays and festival days. · He went to live his older brother Johann Christopher Who was the organist in the town of ohrduf? · When Sebastian was 15 years old he set out with a Friend to the city of Lunenburg. Not having much Money they could not afford to travel by couch, So they walked the 200 miles to Lunenburg · Later on he had 20 children. Bach taught them all To play on · Bach had 20 children in total. From his first marriage with Maria Barbara Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach had seven children, four of which survived into adulthood. The four who survived were Catharina Dorothea, Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Phillip Emanuel, and Johann Gottfried Bernhard. From his second marriage with Anna Magdalena Wicket, Bach had 13 children, six who survived to adulthood. The six who survived were · Gottfried Heinrich, Elisabeth Juliana Frederica, Johann Christopher Friedrich, Johann Christian, Johanna Carolina, and Regina Susanna · Bach did not have an exact home because of all of his music traveling so he was not in one place all the time.



Sources: Famous Composers Book 1 by carolyn Heitman and google images