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Regarded as perhaps the greatest composer of all time,
Bach was known during his lifetime primarily as an
outstanding organ player and technician. The youngest of
eight children born to musical parents, Johann Sebastian
was destined to become a musician. While still young, he
had mastered the organ and violin, and was also an
excellent singer. At the age of ten, both of his parents died
within a year of each other. Young Sebastian was fortunate
to be taken in by an older brother, Johann Christoph, who
most likely continued his musical training. At the age of
fifteen, Bach secured his first position in the choir of St.
Michael's School in Lüneburg. He travelled little, never
leaving Germany once in his life, but held various postitions
during his career in churches and in the service of the courts
throughout the country. In 1703 he went to Arnstadt to
take the position of organist at the St. Boniface Church. It
was during his tenure there that Bach took a month's......

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