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1. What is Bach known for?
2. What were 3 famous works from Bach?
3. What is Bach's greatest work?
4. Who is Bach and what did he do?

What is Bach known for?

Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist, organist, and expert on organ building, Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Brandenburg Concertos, The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B Minor, and ...

What were 3 famous works from Bach?

Best of Bach

• Goldberg Variations. ...
• Concerto for Two Violins. ...
• The Well-Tempered Clavier. ...
• "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" from Cantata BWV 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. ...
• Six Suites for Solo Cello. ...
• Brandenburg Concertos. ...
• Mass in B minor. ...
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

What is Bach's greatest work?

10 of Bach's all-time best pieces of music

• The Brandenburg Concertos. ...
• The Goldberg Variations. ...
• Concerto for Two Violins in D minor. ...
• The Well-Tempered Clavier. ...
• St Matthew Passion. ...
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor. ...
• Six Suites for Solo Cello. ...
• B Minor Mass.

Who is Bach and what did he do?

Johann Sebastian Bach had a prestigious musical lineage and took on various organist positions during the early 18th century, creating famous compositions like "Toccata and Fugue in D minor." Some of his best-known compositions are the "Mass in B Minor," the "Brandenburg Concertos" and "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Bach ...