Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites and Brandenburg Concertos; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations, The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Sebastian Bach has received more than 9,339,779 page views. His biography is available in 181 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 180 in 2019). Johann Sebastian Bach is the 3rd most popular composer, the 2nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Composer.

Johann Sebastian Bach is most famous for his compositions, such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, and the St. Matthew Passion.