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What was Johann Sebastian Bach’s childhood like?

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Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a musical family. Orphaned before he turned 10 years old, he was looked after by his eldest brother, an organist who gave him his first keyboard lessons. Bach did well at school, and he was selected for a choir of poor boys at the school in Michaelskirche, Lüneburg, Germany.