Dear sisters and brothers,

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the French Suites between the years of 1722 and 1725. The suites was a wedding gift to his wife – Anna Magdalena Bach (more). Anna was just twenty when Bach married her on 3 December 1721; it was his second marriage, having lost his first wife, Maria Barbara, from sudden illness 17 months earlier.

Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period.

I feel comfortable with the suites. The melody is pure and positive. Perhaps this is the first time I feel the classic music youthful as such. Continue reading French Suites →