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The endless legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, 339 years ago on March 21, 1685. He is the most influential composer in the long history of music from the 17th century to today. His Passions can be heard in concerts all over the world in a musical liturgy.

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The endless legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach

When the youngest child of the town musician Johann Ambrosius Bach and his wife Elisabetha was born in Eisenach, Germany, 339 years ago on March 21, 1685, no one could have imagined the importance that this new life would have in the history of Western music. That child, Johann Sebastian Bach, was born into a very large musical family that would inundate several generations of cultural life (Bach in German means “stream”). He would be, and still…

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