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The New Book of Knowledge Encyclopaedia 1930s / 1940s - Social History. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. 1685 - 1750.