Johann+Sebastian+Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach **Important Events and Ideas ** **"Did you know..." ** **"I Wonder..." **
 * From a long line of musicians. In Germany the name Bach  meant musician.
 * Considered to be a musical genius whose music is still studied today by composers and musicologists.
 * Had to compose 20 pages of music each day to keep up with demands.
 * Family man, married twice and fathered 21 children.
 * Never traveled farther than 300 miles from his birthplace.
 * Deeply religious, all of his sacred music had the initials, J.J.(Jesus help me) on the first page and the final page had the initials, S.D.G.(To the glory of God alone).
 * What did it feel like to be put in jail when you wanted to take a better position.