

Thomas Church and School in Leipzig, Germany. Johann Sebastian Bach held three major jobs in his life: first he worked for a duke, then for a prince, and finally, he became director of music at the St. By the time Johann was 10, both his parents had died, so he was brought up by his older brother, who was a church organist. Bach came from a long line of composers - over 300 years' worth of Bachs all worked as professional musicians. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, where his father was a town musician.
