Born: March 21, 1685, Eis­en­ach, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Ju­ly 28, 1750, Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Or­ig­in­al­ly, Bach was bur­ied in the cem­e­te­ry at St. John’s Church in Leip­zig; in 1900, his re­mains were moved to a crypt in­side the church. The church was de­stroyed in World War II, so in 1949, he was re-in­terred in Leip­zig’s St. Thom­as Church.

Biographies of Bach are avail­a­ble ma­ny plac­es on the In­ter­net. What some do not in­clude is the fact that ma­ny fa­mil­iar hymn tunes were adapt­ed by him, or by others from his mu­sic:

Music

  1. Ach Gott und Herr
  2. Allein zu Dir
  3. Christ Lag in Todesbanden
  4. Commemoration
  5. Das Neugeborne Kindlein
  6. Das Walt’ Gott Vater
  7. Du Freidensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ
  8. Ermuntre Dich
  9. Freu Dich Sehr
  10. Gottlob, Es Geht Nunmehr zu Ende
  11. Green Fields
  12. Heart Ever Faithful
  13. Herr Jesu Christ (Bach)
  14. Ich Halte Treuliche Still
  15. Innsbruck
  16. Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
  17. Jesu, Meine Zu­ver­sicht
  18. Jesulein Süss
  19. Liebster Im­man­u­el
  20. Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland
  21. O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
  22. Potsdam
  23. So Giebst Du
  24. Spires
  25. Steadfast
  26. Vater Unser
  27. Von Himmel Hoch
  28. Was Frag’ Ich nach der Welt
  29. Zum Frieden