No composer has more universal appeal than Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). The plethora of concerts, festivals, recordings and publications that came in the wake of the Bach Anniversary Year of ...

A conductor explains how an ordinary man produced such miraculous music WHEN John Eliot Gardiner grew up on his family's farm in Dorset, he met Johann Sebastian Bach on the stairs every day. By some ...

Boyce Lancaster talks with Maestro Albert-George Schram, former staff conductor of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, about Johann Sebastian Bach, whose fascination with numerology and theology led to ...

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The year 1685 was certainly good for music. After all, Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of St. Matthew Passion and B Minor ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German musician and composer who wrote throughout the 18th Century. For most of his career, Bach worked as an organist and choirmaster at various churches throughout ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was born 154 years ago on Thursday – a date marked by Google with a special, artificial-intelligence-powered Doodle enabling users to make their own music inspired by the ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Today’s Google Doodle has a musical touch to it as it celebrates German composer and ...

Anna Magdalena Wilcke (1701-1760) was a well-known soprano who in 1721 married the legendary classical composer, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). However, Anna Magdalena went down in music history ...

Google is celebrating the birthday of a composer with its first artificial-intelligence powered Doodle that allows users to make their own music. The game is in honour of Johann Sebastian Bach who was ...