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| Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Germany. Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany. Buried: Originally, Bach was buried in the cemetery at St. John’s Church in Leipzig; in 1900, his remains were moved to a crypt inside the church. The church was destroyed in World War II, so in 1949, he was was re-interred in Leipzig’s St. Thomas Church. |  |
Biographies of Bach are available many places on the Internet. What most do not include is the fact that many familiar hymn tunes tunes were adapted by him, or by others from his music:
Hymn Music:
- Ach Gott und Herr
- Christ Lag in Todesbanden
- Das Neugeborne Kindlein
- Das Walt’ Gott Vater
- Du Freidensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ
- Ermuntre Dich
- Freu Dich Sehr
- Green Fields
- Heart Ever Faithful
- Herr Jesu Christ (Bach)
- Innsbruck
- Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
- Liebster Immanuel
- Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland
- O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
- Spires
- Vater Unser
- Von Himmel Hoch
- Was frag’ ich nach der Welt
