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Is Bach's Birthday on March 21st? Or Is Bach's Birthday on March 31st? Both in
To the point: Bach's birthday is March, 31st.
Regarding Johann Sebastian Bach's day of honor: In many a publication, in particular in historic books and articles – or alternatively too – Bach's birthday is presented as the 21st of March. That, however, is the date according to the (old) Julian calendar, which was still valid in Eisenach even around the year According to our present (Gregorian) calendar, it was the 31st of March.
Just to begin with regarding this subject and real quick regarding the information above you get some background here. Whether Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st or on March 31st in the year , actually couldn't be cared less. However, the explanation above – thanks to a Bach friend for a short phrase – it really would be confusing if we read about a birth date in the middle of March here and at the end of March there., if it's about the birth date of this excepti
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Timeline
D. Scarlatti born, 26 Oct.
Albinoni aged 14
Biber 41
Blow 36
Böhm 24
G. Bononcini 15
Buxtehude 48
Caldara c. 15
Charpentier c40
Corelli 32
Couperin 17
Fux 25
Graupner 2
Heinichen 2
Keiser 11
Kerll 58
J.P. Krieger 36
Kuhnau 25
Lalande 28
Legrenzi 59
Lully 53
A. Marcello 1
Marchand 16
Mattheson 4
Pachelbel 32
Pasquini 48
Purcell 26
Rameau 2
Reincken 62
A. Scarlatti 25
Steffani 31
Telemann 4
Vivaldi 7
J.G. Walther 1
Zelenka 6.
24 July or 1 Aug
Porpora born, 17 Aug.
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
born, 21 Oct.
Lully (54) dies, 22 March
Pisendel born, 26 Dec.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer (–)
"Bach" redirects here. For other uses, see Bach (disambiguation) and Johann Sebastian Bach (disambiguation).
Johann Sebastian Bach[n 1] (31 March&#;[O.S. 21 March]&#; – 28 July ) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orchestral Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schübler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and choral works such as the St&#;Matthew Passion and the Mass in B&#;minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
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