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Johann Sebastian Bach ("YOH-han  seh-BAST-chen  BOCK")

• Born in Germany, 1685   
• Died in 1750 at age 65
• Baroque Period

Compositions Include:

• Goldberg Variations
• Brandenburg Concertos
• Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
• Well-Tempered Clavier Volumes I and II

Other Details:

• Worked as a church musician and organist
• Had 20 children, many of whom were also musicians
• at age 20, walked about 250 miles to meet and hear Dietrich Buxtehude in concert
• often wrote out other people's music