4 Music All Around For Johann Sebastian Bach YO-han seh-BAS-chen seh-BAS-chen BAHK music was everywhere The little boy grew up listening to music Later he composed his own music Bach became one of the most popular composers who ever lived Millions of people listen to and perform his works today B B SHARP Bach has about 8 million monthly listeners on Spotify today that's 3 million more than Mozart or Chopin
6 A Musical Family Bach was born in Eisenach Germany on March 31 1685 the same year that another great composer Handel was born At that time Germany was made up of many small states Eisenach was in an area called Thuringia Like other states Thuringia was full of music and musicians
7 NORWAY DENMARK NETHERLANDS FRANCE SWEDEN Lübeck BRANDENBURG 9 Leipzig SAXONY Eisenach Ohrdruf Arnstadt SMALL GERMAN THURINGIA STATES BOHEMIA BAVARIA SAVOY VENICE AUSTRIA PRUSSIA COMMONWEALTH POLISH-LITHUANIAN OTTOMAN EMPIRE TUSCANY
