Bach and the cantata

Born to Maria Elizabeth Lammershirt and musician, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Johann Sebastian was the youngest of their surviving children. While little is known of Johann Sebastian Bach’s childhood, it was later reported by his son that Bach excelled in singing was influenced by his father’s cousin, an organist.
In 1692, Sebastian ’s mother died, and his father remarried. Tragically, within three months, the senior Bach followed his wife, and orphaned J.S Bach and his siblings. Sebastian and his brother, Johann Jacob, went to live with their eldest brother, Johann Christoff at the Ohrdruf Lyceum, where they received a rigorous education.
In 1700, Sebatian left Ohrdruf, went to Luneberg, and became a member of the Matins chorus of Michealiskirshe, where he continued his education1. In the ensuing years, Sebastian was employed as an organist in various places, and while in Muhlhassen, in October 1707, Bach married...