Jan 24, 2011 · tracing the Bach genealogy, we owe our knowledge of it to an MS. drawn up by Bach in 1735 which is now in the Berlin Royal Library after being successively in the …

The expression-marks, meant to serve as a guide to the correct conception of Bach's style, which is characterized, above all, by virility, energy, breadth and grandeur.

1721 – Marries Anna– they had 13 children! 7 + 13 = 20 children – Bach had 20 children, 11 died as babies, no hospitals or medicine, no shots or vaccines 1723 – Cantor – moves to Leipzig to …

Bach was regarded as one of the greatest organists of his day. He was also a renowned composer of the Baroque Era, writing over 1,200 musical pieces throughout his lifetime.

This article is a reprint of the final two sections of a virtuosic five-part essay entitled ‘Compositional Technique’ to be published in The Routledge Research Companion to J. S. …

Today, Bach is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all time. In fact, he is now such an important composer that the year of his death is a defining point in music history.

Bach's works, often greatly at variance with previously accepted views. These are the presumed dates of composition of the various sections of the Mass,