Bach was born in a musical family in Eisenach, a small town in Thuringia, central Germany. He was a famous court musician before his death and spent the last 27 years in St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany.

Bach combines the musical styles of different nationalities in Western Europe and the essence of Italian, French and German traditional music. The music is wonderful and perfect.

Bach himself was not famous before his death, and he was forgotten by the world fifty years after his death. However, in the past century and a half, his fame has been growing. Generally speaking, he is one of the two or three greatest composers in the history of western music, and some people think that he is one of the greatest composers.

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Bach's oratorios are also divided into secular and religious. Most of his secular oratorios are written for the needs of officialdom entertainment, and most of his lyrics are boring words borrowed from little people in ancient Greek mythology to praise the nobility.

Bach often goes beyond the scope of lyrics, grasps individual unimportant words and uses the topic to write a lively and interesting music work, such as "Peasant Chorus".

This oratorio was sung and answered by two farmers in Saxon dialect, with a strong sense of humor in folk conversation.

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