Johann Sebastian Bach in Weimar

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach already knew Weimar from a six-month stay in 1703, when he was a young violinist in the court chapel.

In 1708 23 year old Bach and his wife Maria Barbara moved from Muehlhausen to Weimar. Bach's daugher Catherina Dorothea, his sons Carl Philipp Emmanuel and Wilhelm Friedemann were born in Weimar.

Bach taught, performed and composed in Weimar, his contract obliged him to write cantatas, Bach's 'Orgelbuechlein' dates from his time in Weimar, organ music and his 'Suites for Orchestra 1 and 2'.

In 1715 Weimar Duke Wilhelm Ernst made a big mistake: Johann Sebastian Bach was passed over for the post of 'Kapellmeister', so he began to look elsewhere. When in 1717 Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Koethen offered a contract, Johann Sebastian Bach handed in his notice. Weimar Duke Wilhelm Ernst made things worse by having the musician arrested. After four weeks in prison, Bach could leave Weimar with his family.

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recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach
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also available:
via amazon.co.uka DVD of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Weimar's baroque Herder church performed by the Monteverdi Choir under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.

posted from Germany via jpc.de you get a German language DVD showing Johann Sebastian Bach's music in the places of origin including a performance of the concerto C-Dur, BWV 984 - after Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar - performed in the Weimar town palace

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