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April Robinson Dr Robbins Exposition Report Writing 620015 21 February 2000 Bach Life and Music He was a musical genius with thousands of musical compositions written in his lifetime He spent his life in Germany primarily Leipzig and worked at a school for the city He is considered to be one of the greatest musical composers and composed till the day he died An unruly youth who greatly disliked authority he had a strong will and mind of his own Well liked with many friends yet no one really knew his inner workings or how he thought Of the thousands of musical pieces he composed few were published in his life This was a man who composed in great numbers had reasons for doing so and lived a rather simple middle class life Johann Sebastian Bach JS was born March 21st 1685 in Eisenach Germany His father was Johann Ambrosius a court trumpeter for the Duke of Eisenach and the director of the musicians of the town of Eisenach His family had been well known for many generations as a very musically talented family He started school when he was eight and when he was nine he was sent to live with his older brother His parents had died after losing two other children a son and a daughter His brother Johann Christoph Bach let JS live with him in Ohrdruf Germany Under the teachings of his brother Bach quickly mastered the organ and harpsichord During his stay with his brother Bach attended school and was encouraged by his older brother to study composition Soon Bach could no longer stay with his brother for his brothers family was getting too big Bach traveled with a school friend on foot to a North-German musical center in Luneberg Germany At this time JS was 15-years-old and had a beautiful soprano voice which helped him get into the school It was his violin playing
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