With his cantatas and oratorios, the Leipzig Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach was the ultimate paragon of Protestant liturgical music. At the same time, with works like The Well-Tempered Clavier, The Art of the Fugue and The Musical Offering, he brought ultimate perfection to a great contrapuntal tradition. In addition, we have Bach?s extensive instrumental ?uvre: concerti, orchestral suites, chamber, piano and organ music. Bach?s creativity figured significantly in determining the further development of European musical history: from Mozart to Mendelssohn, Reger, Hindemith and Schönberg, the continuity of creative occupation with this music remains unbroken to this day. And present-day cultural life would be inconceivable without the music of Bach.
born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach
died on July 28, 1750 in Leipzig