Composer Study: Bach

Listen with your children to Sally and her friend Terri Moon, an accomplished classical violinist, as they share inspirational stories of the life of Johann Sebastian Bach.


RESOURCES LIST

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, from Cantata 147.  (This is as Bach wrote it, in German, and performed on historical instruments.)

Brandenburg Concertos, Nos. 1-6

Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1. (Note that this is performed on a harpsichord, the instrument Bach wrote it for.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (with a great photo of a baroque organ!)


Picture Books


Ages 8-14


High School and Adults