Bach is considered by many to have been the greatest composer in the history of western music. “Bach's main achievement lies in his synthesis and advanced development of the primary contrapuntal idiom of the late Baroque, and in the basic tune fullness of his thematic material.”(J.S. Bach Archive and Bibliography) He was able to successfully integrate and expand upon the harmonic and formal frameworks of the national schools of the time: “German, French, …showed first 75 words of 2840 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2840 total…the precise location of the grave was soon forgotten. “It was not until 1894 that his remains were exhumed and identified; in 1950 they were transferred to their present resting-place in the Thomaskirche.” (Bach Central Station) Anna Magdalena did not receive much from his will (she received one-third of all the properties, and the remaining two-thirds was equally shared among his nine sons.) She was rather meanly treated by the church authorities, and died of poverty in 1760.