Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is a classical superstar. But little was known about the women of his musical family until now. Anna Magdalena Wilcke (1701-1760) was a well-known soprano who in ...

Theologian Martin Luther, composer Robert Schumann and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had all frequented Leipzig's iconic cellar restaurant over the centuries. But what makes it so special?

‘the supreme arbiter and law-giver of music’, Johann Sebastian himself, achieved only limited fame during his lifetime. Music was in the blood, his musical gifts taken for granted by his family and ...

Their prolific output makes the Brubeck clan the most musical family, arguably, since Johann Sebastian Bach. Each of the sons have performed with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, but their musical styles ...

Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782) was a classical composer, the eleventh son of his more famous father, Johann Sebastian. The youngest of J ... Luckily, he came from quite the musical family, and ...

In four concerts at four rare historic venues, Raphaël Pichon and the Pygmalion Ensemble follow the stages of Johann Sebastian Bach's biography in Thuringia, the region in central Germany and the ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was one of a long list of musicians in his family. After his parents died, Johann's eldest brother taught him the violin before studying other instruments. Bach was born in ...