Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked in small town Germany. An organ master whose familiarity with the complexity of his instrument inspired original thinking. His best known work was really a job ...

“Niche Bach, sondern Meer!” (Not a brook, but an ocean!) – opinion of Johann Sebastian Bach and pun by Ludwig van Beethoven On March 31, 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Holy Roman ...

The Leipzig Bach Festival honors the composer with a hit parade. Over 7,000 fans from 20 countries cast their votes. But Bach ...

Paul Elie’s new book on Johann Sebastian Bach is a wonderful piece of writing that’s hard to categorize: a biography of Johann Sebastian Bach, a history of recorded sound, an analysis of Bach’s ...

Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Plus subscription to Shropshire Star you get full access to our award winning journalism for the news that matters to you and more. Bach was renowned for ...

Boyce Lancaster talks with Maestro Albert-George Schram, former staff conductor of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, about Johann Sebastian Bach, whose fascination with numerology and theology led to ...

BERLIN (AP) - A portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach considered one of the most important paintings in the classical music world is being returned to his home city after a 250-year odyssey that took it ...

Johann Sebastian Bach is possibly the most influential and sublime composer in history. Everyone from Mozart and Beethoven to the Beatles and Lady Gaga has paid him homage. During his life, however, ...

March 21 (UPI) --Google is celebrating the life of composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach with an interactive, musical Doodle. Bach, born in the German town of Eisenach on this day in 1685, grew ...

Johann Sebastian Bach is a towering cultural icon, a composer who might be seen as the poster boy for “serious music” and spent most of his career in the service of the church. But he played many ...

Fueled by his Lutheran faith, the composer devoted his life to creating music for refreshment, proclamation, and praise. In the 16th century, a baker named Veit Bach fled Hungary because of his ...