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Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750

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Johann Sebastian Bach (German: [ˈjoːhan zeˈbasti̯an bax]) (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orchestral Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schübler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and choral works such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. The Bach family had already produced several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician, Johann Ambrosius, in Eisenach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Sebastian Bach is the 3rd most popular composer, the 4th most popular biography from Germany and the 2nd most popular German Composer.

Johann Sebastian Bach is most famous for his compositions, such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, and the St. Matthew Passion.

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Among composers, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 3 out of 1,451. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. After him are Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, and Igor Stravinsky.

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Among people born in 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 1. After him are George Frideric Handel, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Domenico Scarlatti, George Berkeley, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Brook Taylor, Johann Maria Farina, Jean-Marc Nattier, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, John Gay, and Edward England. Among people deceased in 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 1. After him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maurice de Saxe, John V of Portugal, Emperor Sakuramachi, Rachel Ruysch, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Vasily Tatishchev, Giuseppe Sammartini, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Apostolo Zeno, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 4 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Albert Einstein (1879), and Pope Benedict XVI (1927). After him are Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), and Charlemagne (748).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 2. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770). After him are George Frideric Handel (1685), Richard Wagner (1813), Johannes Brahms (1833), Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Richard Strauss (1864), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), and Carl Maria von Weber (1786).

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