Dear visitors,

In order to simplify your first experience with our timeline and its large amount of information, we have created this Help page.

We wish you much fun in exploring the life of Johann Sebastien Bach!

Chronological Divisions of the Timeline

The timeline is divided according the places where Bach lived and worked.
Each period is dintinguished by its respective colour.

Navigating the Timeline

Move the timeline left or right to see earlier or later events.

Scroll in order to zoom in or out of the timeline to smaller or larger intervals of time.
You can also use the scrollbar to the top-right to do this.

Help/FAQ

You can open this help page at anytime with the button at the bottom of the page.

Entries

Entries in the timeline are organized into four categories:

• Bach’s Works (light ochre)
• Bach’s Life (dark ochre)
• Musical events (blue)
• Historical events (green)

Due to the large amount of entries, only a selection of events is initially shown in the overview of the timeline.
Zoom in to see the entries that first appear as points due to limited space.

Symbols

Original compositions and first performances
Reperformances of original compositions
Performances of compositions of others

Birth
†  Death

List of selections

Filter the timeline according to entries.

Search/Filter

Filter the timeline according to keywords.

Select Time Periods

Choose a time period from a list of selections.

Symbols for Links

The door symbol indicates a link that leads you to “Bach’s World” with further information.

The globe symbol indicates a link to an external website.

The arrow symbol indicates a link to another entry within the timeline.