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Which country is Bach from?

Bach is German.

Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 - January 1, 1782) was born in Leipzig, Germany and died in London, England. Because he has lived in London for a long time, Johann Christian Bach is often called the "British Bach" or the "London Bach". He and Carl Friedrich Abel formed the "Abel and Bach Concert", which also influenced the formation of Mozart's music style. Extremely deep.

The Bach works that we are familiar with include: "Toccata and Fugue in D minor", "Well Tempered", "Gothenburg Variations", "English Suite", "French Suite", "Ancient Suite" "wait.

Artistic Achievements

(1) Developing the technique of polyphonic music to its peak. "The Dedication of Music" and "The Art of Fugue" summarize the polyphony since the Middle Ages. Music writing techniques.

(2) The combination of a high degree of polyphonic thinking and novel and vivid main tone techniques makes Bach a key figure in the history of music that will continue the past and open up the future.

(3) He is the founder of the piano concerto and made important contributions to the liberation of the thumb in piano playing.

(4) The instrumental music of the Baroque period reached its peak, such as the fortepiano works "French Suite", "English Suite", "Partita", and the violin work "Six Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" and Partita", the orchestra work "Brandenburg Concerto" and instrumental performance in religious cantata, etc.