Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685. He was born in the town of Eisenach (Thuringia). Johann's fathers name was Johann Ambrosius Bach.His mothers name was Elisabeth. Johann was their eighth child. His two godfathers, who gave their name to the child, were Sebastian Nagel, town piper,and Johann George Koch, a ducal forrester in Eisenach. He was bapitized in the Saint Georg's church. The baptismal entry is dated March 23, 1685. Johann's mother died in 1694 and his father died in 1695, so , as a child of
only nine he had to live with his eldest brother Johann Christoph. Christoph was the organist in Ohrdruf.
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