Read this book and view the illustrations online, OR Follow along on your Kindle
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Story of the Boy who Sang in the Streets (left click to listen or Right Click “save as” to download)
This story is from the book “Stories of Great Composers for Children” by Thomas Tapper. Subscribe to the whole book in iTunes or Download the entire book as a zipped file.
Listen to Bach’s music:
The following several selections are recorded by Jon Sayles on classical guitar.? For more of his beautiful recordings of both classical and early/renaissance music, including several more Bach selections, visit his website.
Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (from the Christmas Oratorio)
Now Let us to the Bagpipe’s Sound from the Peasant’s Cantata
Goldberg Variations, Number 2,? Number 10, Number 18
Listen to the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 on Classics for Kids
More resources for studying Bach:
For more stories about Bach, including the podcasts “About Johann Sebastian Bach”, “The Sons of Johann Sebastian Bach”, “What’s a Concerto” and “More about the Brandenburg Concertos”, visit Classics for Kids.
Classics for Kids activity sheet about Bach and the Brandenburg Concertos
CurrClick has many resources for the study of Bach and classical music.