It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you
have to do is touch the right key at the right
time and the instrument will play itself.

- Johann Sebastian Bach

 

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist of the Baroque period.

Born: March 31, 1685, Eisenach Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig Compositions: Cello Suites, Well-Tempered Clavier, Brandenburg concertos, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, Christmas Oratorio, St Matthew Passion, Goldberg Variations, Sonatas and partitas for solo violin, Mass in B Minor, Orchestral suites, St John Passion, The Art of Fugue, Ave Maria, Harpsichord concertos, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Double Violin Concerto, Magnificat, Inventions and Sinfonias, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Solo Violin Partita No. 2, Partitas for keyboard, French Suites, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, The Musical Offering, English Suites, Fugue in G minor, "Little", BWV 578, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, Italian Concerto, Violin Concerto in A minor, Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, Jesu, meine Freude, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582, Minuet in G major, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208, Ich habe genug, Orgelbüchlein, Bourrée in E minor, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, Violin Concerto in E major, Now Thank We All Our God, Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006, Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543, Christ lag in Todesbanden, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh, Partita in A minor for solo flute, Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 Children: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Gottfried Heinrich, Catharina Dorothea Bach, Regina Susanna Bach, Maria Sophia Bach, Johann August Abraham, Johann Christoph, Elisabeth Juliana Friederika, Christiana Benedicta Louise Bach, Johanna Carolina Bach, Christina Sophia Henrietta, Christian Gottlieb Bach, Regina Johanna Bach, Christiana Dorothea Bach, Ernestus Andreas, Leopold Augustus Bach Siblings: Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Jacob Bach, Johann Balthasar Bach Spouse: Anna Magdalena Bach (m. 1721–1750), Maria Barbara Bach (m. 1707–1720)