Appendix
The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in the life of Johann Sebastian Bach:
| 1685 | Born at Eisenach, March 21. |
| 1693 | Began his studies with his brother, Johann Christoph. |
| 1700 | Chorister at the College of St. Michael’s in Lüneburg. |
| 1703 | Organist of Arnstadt Church. |
| 1707 | Organist of St. Blasius’s Church, Mühlhausen. |
| 1707 | Married Maria Barbara Bach. |
| 1708 | Court Organist at Weimar. |
| 1720 | Death of first wife. |
| 1721 | Married Anna Magdalena Wülkens. |
| 1723 | Cantor of St. Thomas’s School, Leipsic. |
| 1725 | Composed first part of “Well-Tempered Clavichord.” |
| 1729 | Composed St. Matthew Passion Music. |
| 1734 | Composed Mass in B minor. |
| 1734 | Composed the Christmas Oratorio. |
| 1740 | Composed second part of “Well-Tempered Clavichord.” |
| 1747 | Dedicated “The Musical Offering” to Frederick the Great. |
| 1749 | Partly finished the “Art of Fugue.” |
| 1750 | Died at Leipsic in his sixty-fifth year, July 28. |