Johann Sebastian Bach
Biography
- 1685 Birth in Eisenach
- 1695 Ohrdruf
- 1700 Lüneburg
- 1703 Weimar
- 1703 Arnstadt
- 1707 Mühlhausen
- 1707 Dornheim
- 1708 Weimar
- 1717 Köthen
- 1723 Leipzig
- 1750 Death in Leipzig
The Bach Family in Thuringia
Arnstadt, Erfurt, Wechmar, Eisenach – you can stumble over Bach’s name in many Thuringian cities. But it isn’t always about Johann Sebastian Bach. In the 17th century, the “Bach clan” spread out their fine net over all of central Germany, supplying generations of organists and town musicians. Musical talent and skills such as reading music, multi-part singing, virtuoso performance on all sorts of instruments, as well as detailed knowledge about organ building were passed on to children and grandchildren. Over twenty motets and cantatas have been preserved in the so-called “Old-Bachian Archive", which was founded by the Bach family and had a significant influence on Bach’s oeuvre.
Fotos:
(1) Old Chancellary Mühlhausen, Foto: Clemens Bauerfeind, weimar GmbH
(2) Bach bust Weimar, Foto: Clemens Bauerfeind, weimar GmbH
(3) Eisenach Bach House and Bach bust, Foto: Clemens Bauerfeind, weimar GmbH