BIOGRAPHY AND PERSONALITY OF A FAMOUS ARIES: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Composer, one of the world's greatest musicians of all times, born in Eisenach, Germany. In 1703 he became organist at Arnstadt. He found his duties as choirmaster annoying, and angered the authorities by his pioneering chorale accompaniments. In 1711 he became Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen. He died in Leipzig. One of his major achievements was his extraordinary development of polyphony. Known to his contemporaries mainly as an organist, his genius as a composer was not fully recognized until the following century.