Johann Sebastian Bach

The great German composer

Born

ON March 21, 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was born to Johann Ambrosias Bach and Maria Elisabetha

Before the age of 10 he became a orphan

What he did after his parents died

He had copied music for learning He had traveled 15 miles on foot to a boarding

school.He had played his violin during his travel.

He had left the school to start a new life.At 15 a church had asked him to play a

new organ.He had got a job as a organist at a

church.

Who he married

He had married Maria Magdlena.He had over 20 children

He had been thrown in jail for changing jobs without permission.

How many pieces of music he had wrote

He had wrote over 1000 pieces of music.

Died

He had died on July 28, 1750

Where can you see him

You can see a statue of him in Lepizing, Germany.