Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a prolific German composer and organist of the Baroque period. He composed sacred works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments. Since the 19th-century Bach revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
Bach's most famous works include the 'Brandenburg Concertos', the 'Goldberg Variations', the 'French and English Suites', the 'Mass in B Minor', 'The Art of Fugue', the 'Sonatas and Partitas' for violin solo and the 'Cello Suites'. Perhaps his best known piece is the 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor'.
'Bach's music features three times—more than that of any other composer—on the Voyager Golden Record, a gramophone record containing a broad sample of the images, common sounds, languages, and music of Earth, sent into outer space with the two Voyager probes.'
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