Text Box: 3. Johann..Sebastian was born in Germany in 1685 and died in 1750 at age 65. A couple of interesting things to remember about him is that he had more children than any other classical composer…20…and that he was not always patient with his music students. Once he called one a “nanny goat bassoonist” and that same day, the student returned with four friends to get revenge. Doctor Bach actually had to pull out a knife to defend himself. He was also known to throw his huge wig when not pleased, especially when someone did not play music skillfully. He is rankled by Goulding as the greatest classical composer of all time.