Johann Sebastian Bach

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composer harpsichordist human musician organist violinist

Johann Sebastian Bach was a Baroque-era German composer and musician renowned for his complex, expressive works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, and The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Bach 2
J. S. Bach 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
harpsichordist ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
organist ⓘ
violinist ⓘ
burialPlace St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
catalogCode BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from eye surgery ⓘ
child Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach ⓘ
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach ⓘ
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1685-03-31 ⓘ
dateOfBirthOldStyle 1685-03-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1750-07-28 ⓘ
employer Cöthen court ⓘ
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
Weimar court ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Johann Sebastian Bach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bach
father Johann Ambrosius Bach ⓘ
fieldOfWork counterpoint ⓘ
fugue composition ⓘ
fullName Johann Sebastian Bach self-link ⓘ
genre chamber music ⓘ
keyboard music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
organ music ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
givenName Johann ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Father of Western classical music ⓘ
hasSignature signature of Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
influenced Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
Johannes Brahms ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
influencedBy Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
Dieterich Buxtehude ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
mother Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableEvent Bach Revival in the 19th century ⓘ
notableWork Brandenburg Concertos ⓘ
Cello Suites ⓘ
Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Goldberg Variations ⓘ
Mass in B minor ⓘ
Musical Offering ⓘ
St John Passion ⓘ
St Matthew Passion ⓘ
The Art of Fugue ⓘ
The Well-Tempered Clavier ⓘ
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 ⓘ
Violin Partitas and Sonatas ⓘ
numberOfChildren 20 ⓘ
occupation Kapellmeister ⓘ
cantor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
organist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach ⓘ
Eisenach ⓘ
placeOfDeath Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
positionHeld St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
surface form: Thomaskantor in Leipzig
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anna Magdalena Bach ⓘ
Maria Barbara Bach ⓘ

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Cöthen court → associatedWith → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig → associatedWith → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach → associatedWithPerson → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Leipzig → associatedWithPerson → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Ambrosius Bach → child → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt → child → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Brandenburg Concertos → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Cello Suites → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Christmas Oratorio → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Goldberg Variations → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Mass in B minor → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Musical Offering → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
St John Passion → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
St Matthew Passion → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
The Art of Fugue → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
The Well-Tempered Clavier → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Violin Partitas and Sonatas → composer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
“Concerto Barocco” → composerOfMusic → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
subject surface form: Concerto Barocco
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach → educatedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Cöthen court → employed → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Weimar court → employed → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Cöthen court → employedAsKapellmeister → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach → familyName → Johann Sebastian Bach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach → father → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach → father → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach → father → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach → father → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach → father → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach → fullName → Johann Sebastian Bach self-link ⓘ
Cöthen court → hasComposerInResidence → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Baroque → hasNotableComposer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Germany → hasNotableComposer → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Antonio Vivaldi → influenced → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Arcangelo Corelli → influenced → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Albert Schweitzer → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Charles Gounod → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Douglas Hofstadter → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Felix Mendelssohn → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Georg Hamann → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johannes Brahms → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
John Harbison → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Nina Simone → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bach
Robert Schumann → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart → influencedBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ