Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life in Pictures and Documents

Who was this man who marked the beginning of modern music with some 250 cantatas, 280 organ compositions, great Passions, oratorios and masses, the 'Well- Tempered Clavier', the 'Brandenburg Concertos', many works of chamber music and the Art of the Fugue'? Organist, Court Kapellmeister (director of music), Cantor (choirmaster) and well established citizen, J. S. Bach wrote the compositions so much admired by posterity as a daily duty. Where did he get the strength for his great creative work?