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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Autumn Sonata → musicBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Agnus Dei → musicalSettingBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig → notableClergy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Prussian Academy of Sciences → notableMember → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Ambrosius Bach → notableRelative → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach → notableRelative → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Dieterich Buxtehude → notableStudentOrInfluenced → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Cöthen court → patronOf → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Weimar court → patronOf → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
subject surface form: Clara Schumann
St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys → performsWorksBy → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
this entity surface form: J. S. Bach
Maria Barbara Bach → relative → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Anna Magdalena Bach → spouse → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Maria Barbara Bach → spouse → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Gödel, Escher, Bach → subject → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) → subjectOfCatalog → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
subject surface form: BWV
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) → subjectOfCatalog → Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
subject surface form: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis