17, 1707, he married his cousin, Maria Barbara Bach. They had seven children, but she died in 1720. In December of 1721, he married his second wife, Anna Magdalena Wilcken, who was, interest
             gly, the daughter of a trumpeter. They had thirteen children of their own, which brought the total number of Sebastian's offspring to twenty, but only ten would reach maturity. In pursuit of his musical ambitions, he moved numerous times, but most of
             s life was spent in the towns of Arnstadt, Muhlhausen, Cothen, and he eventually settled in Leipzig in 1723. He was named cantor of the city. It was in Leipzig that he composed his greatest sacred works, including the Mass in B Minor. He died from a
             Bach's Mass in B Minor is a monumental work from the baroque period, and it is a culmination of the musical growth and experience of the composer. His 'High Mass' was not composed in one period, but was written in sections, beginning in 1724, and he w
             ked on the piece until the last year of his life. The S
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