Johann Sebastian Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) has been recognized as one of greatest composers of the Western classical music tradition since his "rediscovery" by Mendelssohn in the mid-1800s.

Bach was a devout Lutheran, and much of his music was religious in nature. Bach attributed the beauty of his music to God, by writing the letters "S.D.G." or "Soli Deo Gloria" in all of his scores.

Important works include: the Mass in B Minor, the St. Matthew Passion, the Brandenburg Concerti, the Musical Offering, the Art of Fugue, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the English and French Orchestral Suites, the Goldberg Variations, and numerous church contatas and organ works, notably the Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor and the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Some of his most famous pieces are drawn from the cantatas, including Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and Sheep may Safely Graze.



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