Baroque · Germany and Central Europe
1685 – 1750
Eisenach - Leipzig
Review
Orphan when he was ten, he formed with his older brother. He was an organist in Arnstadt, Mühlhausen and Weimar; in Köthen he wrote much of his instrumental music, and from 1723 to his death he was a singer of St. Thomas in Leipzig, where he composed hundreds of cantatas.
He led the counterpoint to a perfection never even and melted in his work the German, Italian and French styles. After his death he was considered old-fashioned, until Mendelssohn led the Passion in 1829 according to Matthew and returned it to the public.
Main works
- BWV 565
- Brandenburg Concerts BWV 1046-1051 (1721)
- Sonatas y partitas para violin solo BWV 1001-1006 (1720)
- Cello-only cello suites BWV 1007-1012
- The well-temperated key (1722, 1742)
- Passion according to Matthew BWV 244 (1727)
- BWV 248 Christmas Oratory (1734)
- Goldberg BWV 988 (1741)
- Mass in case of minor BWV 232
- The art of the BWV 1080 leak
