Johann Sebastian Bach Accomplishments

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician born in 1685 of the Baroque period and is famously known for his instrumental compositions such as Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, Toccato and Fugue in D minor, and Magnificat just to name a few. Since the 19th century, Bach has been generally regarded as the greatest composer of all time. Being the last of eight children to be born into the Bach family, Johann basically had his life set up for him because his father was a city musician from Eisenach. Johann became an orphan at the tender age of ten and went to live with his brother in Luneburg while continuing his musical formation. I would like to think that Johann had a predominantly stable and great life, but he had to work hard

When the conditions in Arnstadt were too much to handle he left in 1707 and to become an organist at the church of St. Blasius in the Free Imperial City of Muhlhausen. When an occasion comes in life, and we are blown away by the graces to which it provides for us, that's when we can say that we are proud of our accomplishments. This in fact happened to Bach sixteen years later in April 22, 1723 when Leipzig city officials named the composer from Eisenach director of St. Thomas Boy Choir. Although this worked out great for Johann, he had no idea that there were two other worthy candidates that were asked before him to do the job at hand but luckily for Bach the two candidates turned down the offer under different circumstances and as it stands Bach was only mediocre for the position. Bach only became a candidate when the post at St. Thomas had been vacant for half a year. Bach’s test cantatas were Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe (BWV 22) and Du wahrer Gott und Davis Sohn (BWV 23) (Leipzig).Bach was very productive in Leipzig, from week to week he composed a new cantata, and about one-hundred such works were written in just the first two years of his time in office