Category:Johann Sebastian Bach

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Composer
Name Johann Sebastian Bach
Birth name Johann Sebastian Bach
Birth date 31 March (O.S. 21 March) 1685
Birth place Eisenach, (Saxe-Eisenach)
Death date 28 July 1750
Death place Leipzig (Saxe-Eisenach)
Music studies St. Michael's School (Lüneburg) and mainly self-educated
Teacher(s) Johann Christoph Bach, probably Georg Böhm, Johann Adam Reincken
Profession(s) Composer, Organist, Harpsichordist, Violist, and Violinist
Instrument(s) Organ, Harp, Viola, Violin
Period(s) Baroque period
Music genre(s) Classical music
Musical form(s) Organ and keyboard works, Orchestral and chamber music, Vocal and choral music, Operas and oratorio
Career c. 1700-1750