Bach, Johann Sebastian

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1. An eighteenth-century German composer, organist, and choirmaster, commonly considered the greatest composer of the baroque era. His output was enormous and includes cantatas, concertos, oratorios, organ pieces, sonatas for solo instruments, and suites for both solo instruments and orchestra; all of it is marked by elaborate counterpoint. Some of Bach's best-known works are the six Brandenburg Concertos; the Toccata and Fugue in D-minor for organ; and an arrangement of a hymn, “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring,” for chorus and orchestra.

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Bach, Johann Sebastian, xiv, 137; home life of, xiv, 155; Michelangelo compared with, xiv, 137.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

The great Bach, Johann Sebastian, was the youngest of six children.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Hughes, Rupert

A man named Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, wrote fugues of an extraordinary beauty and clearness in their most complicated polyphony.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James