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Bach Throughout the history of music, many great composers, theorists, and instrumentalists have left indelible marks and influences that people today look back on to admire and aspire to. No exception to this idiom is Johann Sebastian
Bach, whose impact on music was unforgettable to say the least. ... He truly can be considered a music history great. Bach, who came from a family of over 53 musicians, was nothing short of a virtuosic instrumentalist as well as a masterful composer. Born in Eisenach, Germany, on March 21, 1685, he was the son of a masterful violinist, Johann Ambrosius Bach, who taught his son the basic skills for string playing. Along with this string playing, Bach began to play the organ which is the instrument he would later on be noted for in history. ... Bach suffered early trauma when his parents died in 1695. ... The rigorous training on these instruments combined with
Bach’s masterful skill paid off for him at an early age. ... The teenage years brought Bach to several parts of Germany where he mainly worked as an organist in churches, since that was the skill he had perfected the best from his young training. ... It was here that Bach would soon realize his high standards and regards that he had for music. In Arnstadt as well as in many other places that Bach worked he was notorious for getting into fights over the quality of music that was being produced. ... Previous accounts of history claim that Bach was upset with the performance of the church choir for which he played for. He claimed that "the voices could never make the music soar to the sky as it should" (loosely translated).
Approximate Word count = 1329
Approximate Pages = 5.3
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