Childhood (1685–1703)
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, in present-day Germany, on 21 March 1685 O.S. (31 March 1685 N.S.). He was the son of

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From an early age, Bach studied the works of his musical contemporaries of the Baroque period and those of prior generations, and those

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In 1950, Wolfgang Schmieder published a thematic catalogue of Bach's compositions called the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis(Bach Works Catalogue).

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See Crist & Stauff 2011 for an extensive bibliography
• Baron, Carol K. (2006). Bach's Changing World: Voices in the Community. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-190-0.
• Dörffel, Alfred

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• "Discovering Bach". BBC Radio 3.
• bach-leipzig website of the Bach Archive.
• Yo Tomita's Bach Bibliography (23 March 2012), mirror at the Riemenschneider Bach Institute.

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Throughout the 18th century, the appreciation of Bach's music was mostly limited to distinguished connoisseurs. The 19th century started with publication of the first biography of the composer and ended with the completion of the publication of all of Bach's

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