Bach, Johann Sebastian

Born: Eisenach, Thuringia, March 21, 1685
Died: Leipzig, Germany, July 28, 1750

Major Works:

• Choral Music:
  • The Passion According to St. John
  • The Passion According to St. Matthew
  • Mass in B minor
  • Church cantatas

• Orchestral Music:
  • 6 Brandenberg Concertos
  • 4 suites
  • Concerto in D minor for piano and orchestra
  • Concertos in A minor and E major for violin and orchestra
  • Concerto in D minor for two violins and orchestra

• Piano Music (including clavier, clavichord, harpsichord):
  • 6 French suites
  • 6 English suites
  • 6 partitas
  • The Well Tempered Clavier
  • Goldberg Variations
  • Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue

• Chamber Music:
  • 6 sonatas for violin and piano
  • 3 sonatas for unaccompanied violin
  • 3 partitas for unaccompanied violin

• Organ Music:
  • Passacaglia in C minor
  • Toccata and Fugue in D minor
  • Fantasia and Fugue in G minor
  • Toccata in C major

Source: Cross, Milton, and David Ewen. 1962. Milton Cross' Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.