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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750) German composer and keyboard player, the greatest member of a large musical family. He became a chorister in Lüneburg and in 1703 a violinist at the Weimar court, later becoming organist there. In 1707 he married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach (1684–1720); after her death he married Anna Magdalena Wilcken (1701–60). Among his greatest works are the St John Passion (1723), the St Matthew Passion (1729), and the Mass in B minor (1733–38), as well as over 200 cantatas. His pieces for orchestra include violin and harpsichord concertos and the Brandenburg Concertos (1721). For the harpsichord and clavichord he composed a collection of 48 preludes and fugues entitled the Well-Tempered Clavier (Part I, 1722; Part II, 1744) and the Goldberg Variations (1742). Bach’s music did not become widely known until Mendelssohn revived it. |
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