2.  Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March
21, 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia small town in
Germany, where his
father, Johann Ambrosiuswas
a town musician, and his uncle, Johann
Christoph - organist. Johann Sebastian Bach -
German composer, a representative of the
Baroque period, a virtuoso organist, music
teacher.

3.  During his life Bach composed more than
1,000 works. His works all the
major genres of the time, except for the
opera, he extended the reach of the music of
the Baroque period

4.  Bach - the great master
of polyphony. Contrary to popular
myth, Bach's death was not forgotten. Still it
concerns worksfor the harpsichord, his
works have been carried out and
published, used
for teaching purposes. Church continued to
sound of Bach for organ, in constant
daily use wereharmonizing chorales

5.  Bach's creativity has had a strong
influence on subsequent music
composers, including the XXI century.
Without exaggeration, Bach created the
foundations of the music of modern and
contemporary - music history is divided
into reasonably dobahovskuyu and
poslebahovskuyu.