Organist and composer, he was born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia, now Germany.
After the death of Johann ambrosius, his father, the one in charge of giving him his first lessons, Johann Sebastian moved in with his brother Johann christoph – Organist of Ohrdruff-.
He began working in the Church of San Miguel in 1700.
1703 He was a violinist in the Chamber Orchestra of Prince Johan Erns of Weimar, and that same year he became the organist of the Church.
1705 He settled in Lübeck, and there, together with Dietrich Buxtehude They made a great team. Both provoked criticism from the authorities of the Church who did not enjoy the harmonies that they proposed to accompany the religious songs.
in 1707, marries his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach, who gives him seven children and both move to Mulhose so that Johann can work as an organist in the Church of San Blas.
1708 He moved to Weimar to work there as an organist and violinist. After seven years he became concertmaster of the court orchestra, composed 30 cantatas and works for organ and harpsichord.
He was professor of chapel and director of music at the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen between 1717 Y 1723. Time where he dedicated himself to compose secular music and books for his family that served as the basis for keyboard studies.
1719 His wife passes away and in 1720 He remarries the singer Anna Magdalena Wilcken, who gave birth to thirteen children.
1723 He moved to Leipzig where he worked as conductor and choirmaster at the Church of St. Thomas.
He composed 295 Cantatas before his death on July 28, 1750.
CONSTRUCTION SITE
Choral works:
Magnificat (1723); The Passion According to Saint Matthew (1729); Christmas Oratory (1734);
Mass in B minor (1733-1738) and
295 cantatas;
Organ only:
Tocata and Fugue in D minor (1709), his most popular organ work;
Chamber music:
The Musical Offering (1747), The Art of the Fugue (1748-1750), his last work;
Orchestral works:
Brandenburg Concertos (1721), the most perfect thick concertos;
Concerto in D minor (Double Concerto).