JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH was born at Eisenach, in the year 1685. He was descended of a family in which musical genius had, for many generations, been hereditary; and he may be said to have transmitted it to his descendants; so that the name of Bach is one ...
JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH was born at Eisenach, in the year 1685. He was descended of a family in which musical genius had, for many generations, been hereditary; and he may be said to have transmitted it to his descendants; so that the name of Bach is one of the most illustrious in the history of music..... John Sebastian lost his father when he was not quite ten years old; his mother had died some time before.