Js bach biography video for students

from the Hey Kid's Meet the Composer Index

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany in As a child, Bach's father taught him to play violin and harpsichord.

One of his uncles, Johann Christoph Bach, introduced him to the art of organ playing.

In , Bach married his second cousin Maria Barbara Bach.

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They had seven children.

In Bach became the court composer, organist, and Konzertmeister (instrument-playing leader of the orchestra) of the Weimar orchestra for the Duke of Weimar. When the Kapellmeister (conductor of an orchestra or choir) died in , Bach asked about taking this job, but the duke appointed someone else.

When Bach asked to be released from the Duke's service he put Bach in jail for four weeks before finally dismissing him.

In Bach accepted a new post as the Kapellmeister for Prince Leopold of Köthen.