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What is the most popular album by Johann Sebastian Bach?

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The most popular album by Johann Sebastian Bach is Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (BWV 147) with a total of 34.9K page views.


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was not the first famous or well-regarded composer in European history, but many nevertheless see his body of work as the source from which all subsequent Western music flows. For most of his creative life, he served as cantor of St. Thomas Church at Leipzig, from which prestigious post he composed a huge volume... Read More
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