Johann Sebastian Bach
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was one of the greatest
composers in Western musical history. More than 1,000 of his
compositions survive. Some examples are the Art of Fugue,
Brandenburg Concerti, the Goldberg Variations for
Harpsichord, the Mass in B-Minor, the motets, the Easter and
Christmas oratorios, Toccata in F Major ....
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.... organist at Ohrdruf.
Johann Christoph was a professional organist, and continued
his younger brother's education on that instrument, as well
as on the harpsichord. After several years in this
arrangement, Johann Sebastian won a scholarship to study in
Luneberg, Northern Germany, and so left his brother's
tutelage.
A master of several instruments while still in his
teens, Johann Sebastian first found employment at the age of
18 as a "lackey and violi ....
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