Johann Sebastian Bach lost both of his parents when he was nine and watched ten of his children die young.

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Those masterpieces also include the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and other classical composers, for which his affinity manifested itself early.

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Perhaps no composer is considered more serious than Johann Sebastian Bach.

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His local choir particularly enjoy singing pieces composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is so great, so well-structured, that it can exist in all kinds of styles, even styles that Bach could never have imagined.

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Headbanging rocker Andrew W.K., whose songs include "Party Hard, " "It's Time to Party" and "Party 'Til You Puke, " thinks the music of Johann Sebastian Bach stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments.

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Set to excerpts from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Solo Suites for Cello, " the dance features what Mr. Taylor sometimes calls his "scribbles" of movement, as the cast's five women and three men ride wildly or serenely into, over and through Bach's sonorous accompaniment.

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