Siteadmin, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
125,795
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − + + + + + + +
Bach and religion
'''Johann Sebastian Bach''' (March 21, 1685 - July 28, 1750) was a [[German]] [[composer]] and organist active in the late [[Baroque]] era who has been recognized as one of greatest composers of the Western classical music tradition.
'''Johann Sebastian Bach''' (March 21, 1685 - July 28, 1750) was a [[German]] [[composer]] and organist active in the late [[Baroque]] era who has been recognized as one of greatest composers of the Western classical music tradition, often called the "master of masters."
By age 18 Bach was a church organist, and he stated his goal as composer and performer of music as follows:<ref>http://www.americanminute.com/index.php?date=2004-03-21&view=View</ref>
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the
glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to
this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging."
==Biography==
==Biography==