Birth Anniversary: Johann Sebastian Bach — March 21, 1685
Born in Eisenach on 21 March 1685 into the foremost Thuringian dynasty of town and church musicians. He served as organist in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, court organist and concertmaster in Weimar, and Kapellmeister in Cöthen, producing keyboard masterpieces, sonatas and the Brandenburg Concertos.
Dates verified on Christoph Wolff, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, W.W. Norton, 2000, ISBN 978-0393048254, pp. 15-42; Bach-Archiv Leipzig, Bach digital authority record (https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalPerson_agent_00000001).
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