The American Bach Society

Illustrations and Bach images

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach. Portrait by Elias Gottlob Haußman, 1746.
Johann Sebastian Bach's Signature Bach's Signature
Bach's Last Place of Work Leipzig: the Courtyard of the St. Thomas Church, showing, just to the left of the church, the St. Thomas School in which Bach lived from 1723 to his death in 1750.
The Holy Bible Abraham Calov: The Holy Bible, vol. 1 (1681). Bach's personal copy, now in the possession of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis.
BWV 232 The Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, opening of the "Credo" movement. Bach's original manuscript, now in the possession of the Berlin State Library (P 180).
BWV 1001 Sonata I for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1001, beginning of the 2nd movement. Bach's original manuscript, now in the possession of the Berlin State Library (P 967).