Johann Ambrosius Bach: The Life Of Johann Sebastian Bach

On March 21, 1685, the son of Johann Ambrosius Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach was born. He and his family lived in Eisenach, Germany for ten years (Baroquemusic). When he was a young boy, Johann Sebastian’s father taught him how to play the violin and the harpsichord. Johann Sebastian’s uncle, Johann Christoph Bach taught him how to play the organ, proving to have an aptitude for learning these instruments. At the age of eight, Johann Sebastian went to the Latin Grammar School, where he was taught how to read and write a fair amount of scriptures in Latin and German (Baroquemusic). Johann Sebastian was also part of the choir of St. Geogrenkirche. Sadly, Johann Sebastian lost his mother when he was nine years old, and lost his father nine months

Christoph encouraged Johann Sebastian to learn the composition of music, so he compelled his brother to copy music of German organists( Baroquemusic). There was a rumor involving Johann Christoph punishing his younger brother, when he discovered Johann Sebastian had copied a vetoed musical document (Baroquemusic). Later on, Johann Sebastian attended the most progressive schools in Germany, the Grammar school of Ohrdruf, and studied Greek, Latin, and theology. Johann Sebastian was also in the choir of the Michaelis monastery in Lüneburg. In 1700, Johann Sebastian embarked on a journey to Lüneburg with his schoolfriend, Georg Erdmann (Baroquemusic). It’s unknown how Johann Sebastian and Georg Erdmann made it to Lüneburg; scholars believe the two friends walked to Lüneburg and stayed in monasteries on the

During Johann Sebastian’s time in Lüneburg, he was given an opportunity to take part in choral and orchestral performances in the Thuringian towns of his country. However, as he grew older, his beautiful soprano voice was lost, but he made himself useful in the orchestra by becoming a violinist and an accompanist of the harpsichord during rehearsals (Baroquemusic). During the early 1700s, Georg Böhm introduced Johann Sebastian to the organ traditions of Hamburg (Baroquemusic). Because of Johann Sebastian’s adept skills on the violin, he was invited to play at the Court of Celle. At the age of eighteen, Johann decided to leave Lüneburg and search for a job as an organist at the church of Arnstadt in 1702, but the construction of the church’s organ was not complete (Baroquemusic). While Johann Sebastian was waiting for the organ at Arnstadt to be fully assembled, he was offered to be part of the orchestra of Duke Johann Ernst, as a violinist in Weimar. In Weimar, Johann Sebastian experienced Italian instrumental music, and was the assistant of Effler, who was a very old friend of the Bach family. In July 1703, Johann Sebastian was invited by the Arnstadt Town Council to experiment with the finished organ of the Arnstadt church (Baroquemusic). The townspeople were so impressed with Johann Sebastian’s skillful playing,