The LIFE of BACH - Full Movie - English Narration & Subtitled

It is recommended that you watch this updated version from "The Life of Bach".

Watch and listen to the most dramatic events in the life of one of our greatest composers, Johann Sebastian Bach.

The film highlights his youth and education, his love for making music and composing; his marriages and children, the nice and nasty employers, his struggle against hatred and envy, his brutal end, his funeral, but above all his love and support for his family.

The film is English-spoken and subtitled.
To maintain authenticity, the German characters speak in their native language, with English subtitles.

CORRECTIONS TO THE FILM:
=== The portrait at 02.50 is now showing Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt
=== The photo at 46.08 shows now Gottfried Silbermann
=== The photo of Georg Böhm is now correct.
=== Eisenach is a city (not a village)
=== The profession of Johann Ambrosius Bach is now correct
=== The microphone on the preacher's desk has been removed
=== Bach now says "Zippel bassoonist"
=== No more modern pianos, just harpsichords
=== The photo of Dietrich Buxtehude is now correct.
=== Several smaller overall correctios are implemented.

The above adjustments have been incorporated into the released film version:

I thank everyone who pointed out the errors and omissions.

Ray Vandenburg, video editor.

[rafikbaladi]

This testimony is simply ravishing, moving, inspiring and refreshing for music lovers. And, with J.S Bach, it gives him justice whether with the richness of baroq decor or the warmth of his devotion to his family.

[stephene.robbins]

"Bach was very productive." Understatement of the century.

[julesmarwell]

the whole world owes Germany a great debt for giving us J S Bach. Thank you, . this said by an Proud Anglo

[markjacksonturner]

He always wrote, "Soli Deo Gloria" on his music. To God alone be the glory. †

[canalinvictus]

Bach was not one of the best, he was the best, the greatest.

[kenboydart]

At first I was very skeptical of this format to tell a story but I quickly got hooked. This production is beautifully done and I'm happy to learn more about the great masters work, thank you Ray .

[pobinr]

"Bach is the most stupendous miracle in all music"
Wagner

[SebastianAnonymous-pd]

A Slovenian "joke." When Mozart ascended to heaven he was met by St. Peter who said he was commissioned to take him directly to God. An overwhelmed Mozart could hardly contain his emotions upon being presented to God who astounded him even further by offering the position of Kapellmeister. Mozart said but was unworthy of that position and said surely it must go to Bach. God replied: That is impossible because I am Bach.

[petermacander]

All Western music really begins with Johann Sebastian Bach!

[leonardzane]

You have rendered the multifaceted genius, exhilaration, freshness, and heroism of the greatest composer! Congratulations on your feat!

[ariadne.thread]

For German speakers, the machine translations from English into German are often hilarious, and the language spoken is way too modern, but indeed this format is charming

[igorrromanov]

One of the greatest... THE GREATEST! THE GOD OF MUSIC!
Though I consider GFHandel greatest too... but Bach IS the first and the foremost.

[igorrromanov]

Actually, Bach remains were found since then following one particular clue:
The year of his death only three citizens of Leipzig were buried in oak coffins. The rest got pine coffins, which, of course, soon disintegrated. All oak coffins were numbered. The remains of the man, quite tall, with strong built and large head correspond to the characteristics of Bach's physical appearance.

[alanc]

Of J.S.Bach’s 20 children, only ten survived to adulthood; 5 boys and 5 girls by my calculations. This is typical of the child mortality rate in those days. However 4 of the boys became renowned composers but it is sad the girls were never provided the opportunity to explore their musical talents. Had females been given the same treatment as males, the baroque/classical repertoire could have been twice as rich!

[viewlesswind]

Bach had enriched all of us. Thank you, Mr. Bach!

[dawnsonntag]

Um...in this film, little Sebastian was singing the Gounod arrangement of his work. That is indeed miraculous.

[bruceweaver]

“The most stupendous miracle in all of music!” ——Wagner

[SebastianAnonymous-pd]

If one asks what is 300 years old and is so much part of our everyday lives, directly and indirectly that it fuses with our perceptions and emotions? - the answer is Johann Sebastian Bach. How is it possible that a provincial musician beholden even for his bread (and beer!) could have created such a overwhelming sense of the human that it fuses with our very essence? I began with the compositions he wrote for his second wife Anna Magdalen when I was 5 years old and inherited a harpsichord. I am now 23, studying musicology and sometimes performing. Last year for the first time I was able to visit the Thomaskirche, his church in Leipzig. In the loft they were rehearsing the Cum Sancto Spiritu. I wept and threw a flower on his grave.

[mikekeyes]

Beats me why a grand piano was often shown which didn't exist at the time; it should of course been a harpsichord.

[raymondhummel]

Such a great composer. Truly a master of music composition.