![]() ![]() ![]() This move, however, did not turn out as well as he had planned. In 1707, Bach was glad to leave Arnstadt for an organist position at the Church of St. While he only officially received a few weeks' leave from the church, he traveled to Lübeck to hear famed organist Dietrich Buxtehude and extended his stay without informing anyone back in Arnstadt. An independent and sometimes arrogant young man, Bach did not get along well with his students and was scolded by church officials for not rehearsing them frequently enough.īach did not help his situation when he disappeared for several months in 1705. He was responsible for providing music for religious services and special events as well as giving music instruction. Early Careerīach had a growing reputation as a great performer, and it was his great technical skill that landed him the position of organist at the New Church in Arnstadt. ![]() There he was a jack-of-all-trades, serving as a violinist and at times, filling in for the official organist. In 1703, he landed his first job as a musician at the court of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar. Bach was greatly influenced by a local organist named George Böhm. Sometime after his arrival, his voice changed and Bach switched to playing the violin and the harpsichord. Bach stayed with his brother's family until he was 15.īach had a beautiful soprano singing voice, which helped him land a place at a school in Lüneburg. Johann Christoph provided some further musical instruction for his younger brother and enrolled him in a local school. His older brother Johann Christoph, a church organist in Ohrdruf, took him in. By the time he turned 10, Bach found himself an orphan after the death of both of his parents. His Lutheran faith would influence his later musical works. ![]() His father, Johann Ambrosius, worked as the town musician in Eisenach, and it is believed that he taught young Johann to play the violin.Īt the age of seven, Bach went to school where he received religious instruction and studied Latin and other subjects. Childhoodīorn in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, on Ma(N.S.) / Ma(O.S.), Johann Sebastian Bach came from a family of musicians, stretching back several generations. Today, he is considered one of the greatest Western composers of all time. Johann Sebastian Bach had a prestigious musical lineage and took on various organist positions during the early 18th century, creating famous compositions like "Toccata and Fugue in D minor." Some of his best-known compositions are the "Mass in B Minor," the "Brandenburg Concertos" and "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, on July 28, 1750. I'm delighted that Widor’s ‘Toccata’ has won the vote to be the nation's favourite, it's a real showstopper of a piece that my parents had at their wedding.(1685-1750) Who Was Johann Sebastian Bach? There must be millions of people, like myself, who have walked down the aisle on their special day to some of the world’s greatest music. While the date and origins of the piece are unknown, there are suggestions that Pachelbel wrote it for the wedding of fellow composer Johann Christoph Bach.Ĭharlotte Hawkins said: “Classical music has gone hand-in-hand with weddings for generations. In third place is the famous Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. First performed in London in 1749 and now widely used as processional music at weddings, it was also performed at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. George Frideric Handel’s ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’, from the oratorio ‘Solomon’, made it to no.2 in the chart. Mozart - 'Alleluia' From Exsultate Jubilate Handel - 'La Rejouissance' From Music for the Royal FireworksĢ3. Bach - 'Air' from Orchestral Suite No.3ġ9. Mascagni - Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana'ġ7. Stainer - Love Divine, All Loves Excellingġ4. Wagner - Bridal Chorus From ‘Lohengrin’ġ0. Mendelssohn - Wedding March From ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’ħ. ![]()
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