Below are some Fun Facts about Johann Sebastian Bach:
-As a little boy he sang in the streets, begging from door to door.-
-He could play the organ, clavichord, violin, and some other stringed instruments.
-Johann Sebastian Bach is now known as one of the greatest composers of all time. He is celebrated as the creator of masterpieces of instrumental music and multiple church pieces.
-He composed over 200 cantatas.
-He fathered 20 children.
-Most of his music was written for the church.
-He angered his boss, the Duke of Weimer, by accepting another job with better pay, and was thrown in prison for this.
-The name, Bach, was a synonym for music.
-He was the eighth, and youngest child of Johann Ambrosius.
-He wrote a book for his son, Friedmann, of Little Preludes.
-He loved coffee so much that he wrote an entire cantata about it.
-When he was 7, Bach went to school where he was instructed on religion and learned Latin and other subjects.
-His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a town musician and gave Bach his early music lessons.
-Bach's wife, who was also his cousin, Maria had died in 1720
-In 1721, he married Anna Magdalena Wilcke, and had 13 children together with her.
