Johann Sebastien Bach (1685-1750)
German organist, musical director, and composer. Director of the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig from 1729.
The great Baroque contrapuctalist, created formal and intricate harmonic progressions.
“I was obliged to work hard. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed just as well.”
Best known works: Well-tempered clavier, Mass in B Minor, Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion, the Goldberg Variations (one of the most complex sets of theme and variations ever written), and the Brandenberg Concertos. Over 900 other compositions.