On July 28, 1750, the famous German composer Bach passedaway

Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 and died on July 28,1750. he was born in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, and he was a German composerand keyboardist during the Baroque period.

Bach studied in the choir in 1700, which seemed to have stimulated hismusical potential. In 1708, at the age of 23, Bach became an organist in acourt church. During his 9 years in office, he composed a large number of organpieces and cantatas, and studied French ancient piano music and Italian stringworks.

In 1717, Bach was hired by Cotten as court musician and keyboardist atthe residence of Prince Leopold; During this period, Bach also composed a largenumber of secular instrumental works, such as violin concertos, various sonatas,suites, creative pieces, and of course the famous Brandenburg Concerto, as wellas the first volume of the Average Rhythm Piano Collection.

Bach was married twice in his lifetime. On October 7, 1707, he and hiscousin Maria Barbara, who was a year his senior, had a relatively simplewedding in a small village less than a kilometer from Arnstadt. The family'slife is very happy. Of course, Bach also began in Germany in Kraton, which iswhere he worked, and had a small reputation. Unfortunately, in 1720, Maria diedat the age of 36.

A year and a half after Maria's death, Bach married a second wife, courtsinger Anna Magdalina, who was 21 years younger than Bach. During their 28-yearlife, Anna Magdalina and Bach had a total of 13 children.

During the 28 years of living with Anna, Bach became famous from a smallcelebrity, not only as a conductor of the orchestras of various cathedrals, butalso composed many famous pieces. Some of them have been passed down throughthe generations and have endured for a long time, and are still a must-haverepertoire for music discipline textbooks in various countries today!

Because Bach was so famous, he often quarreled with some high-rankingofficials and nobles. On August 2, 1729, the Leipzig Municipal Council"reprimanded" Bach for disrespecting his superiors. Bach was helplessand expressed great disappointment with the municipal authorities. On April 7,1730, Luke's Passion was performed anonymously on Good Friday, supplemented byBach; On August 23, a simple and urgent statement on the improvement ofecclesiastical music, combined with some reflections on the decline ofecclesiastical music, was presented to the Leipzig Municipal Council, answeringthe "admonition" of the municipal authorities; On October 28, he wroteto a friend in Danzig with the intention of finding another position.

From March 28 to 31 in 1750, he suffered from an eye disease, which wasfirst operated on by John Taylor, an ophthalmologist in London; From April 5 to8, he underwent the second surgery from Dr. Taylor, but unfortunately, theoperation failed. Subsequently, Bach went blind. During this time, his wifeAnna did not worry less about him. On July 22, the last communion ceremony washeld at home after a stroke. Finally, Bach died at 8:45 p.m. on July 28, 1750;On July 31, he was buried in the cemetery of John's Church.

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