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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany on March 31, 1685. 1)
His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a seventh generation musician who taught him how to play the violin. 2)
Bach's parents died when he was ten years old. Johann Christoph Bach, his older brother, taught him the organ while they were living in Ohrdruf, Germany.3)