Early in life, he took an unauthorized extended period of leave and walked to Lubeck to listen to the master organist Dieterich Buxtehude.
Positions this man held during his lifetime included Court Musician in Weimar, Kapellmeister at Cottbus and Cantor of St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig, whilst one of his sons also served in the court of Frederic the Great. Early in life, he took an unauthorized extended period of leave and walked to Lubeck to listen to the master organist Dieterich Buxtehude. A record of one of his works was fittingly put onto the Voyager I spacecraft as a showcase of humanity. FTP, name this German master composer of works like the Art of the Fugue, the Goldberg Variations, and the Well-Tempered Clavier.
Positions this man held during his lifetime included Court Musician in Weimar, Kapellmeister at Cottbus and Cantor of St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig, whilst one of his sons also served in the court of Frederic the Great.
{J}ohann {S}ebastian {Bach} [prompt on partial answer]