Gospel Of Matthew By Johann Sebastian Bach

During Johann Sebastian Bach’s lifetime, he was better known as an organist rather than a composer. Very few of his works were actually published during his musical “reign”. In fact, Bach had few compositions that were even widely used, and or known by the public. However, Bach's musical compositions were admired by those who followed in his footsteps, including Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Bach’s reputation received a incredible high in 1829 when a German composer by the name of Felix Mendelssohn reintroduced one of Bach’s greatest, "Passion According to St. Matthew." This musical composition, was written in 1727 to 1729, and tells the story of chapters twenty-six and twenty-seven in the Gospel of Matthew. The piece was widely