Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, a small town in central Germany. He came from a very musical family. For almost 200 years before his birth, many of his relatives were well known musicians in Germany. Bach received his first music lessons from his father who taught him to play the violin. Bach was only 10 years old when his parents died. He then went to live with his older brother, who taught him to play the keyboard instrument. In addition to his musical lessons, he attended the local school where he studied Latin, Greek, theology, and arithmatic. In 1700 when Bach was 15 years old, he went to live at the church of St. Michael in Luneberg where he was a choir boy and student. After his voice changed, he continued serving in various musical jobs which began his career as a professional musician. At the age of 19, he took a job in Weimar as string player and organist. A few months later he found a better position as organist in Arnstadt. He moved again to Muhlhausen where he stayed one year. During this year Bach married his cousin, Maria Barbara Bach. During their marriage they had seven children, but only four lived. After Barbara died, he married again to a woman named Anna Magdalena, only 20 years old. They had 13 children. When he was 38, Bach moved to Leipzig where he became cantor of the St. Thomas School. He remained there until his death 27 years later. During these years, Bach was very busy teaching, conducting, performing, and writing music. In 1750, the last year of his life, Bach's eyesight began to deteriorate. By summer, his health failed and he died on July 28. Bach was a prolific composer. His complete works fill 46 large volumes containing choral music, concertos, orchestra and chamber works, and organ and keyboard music.