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12 Cards in this Set
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Johann Christoph Bach |
Bach's musical instructor at young age |
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Maria Barbara Bach |
Distant cousin; Married to each other 1707; two sons - C.P.E Bach and W.F. Bach |
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Dietrich Buxtehude |
Organist; Bach granted leave from position in Arnstadt to meet Buxtehude |
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Prince Leopold of Cothen |
Employed Bach as Kapellmeister |
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Frederick the Great |
1747 - Bach visited Frederick the Great at Potsdam; wrote contrapuntal work based on theme provided by king |
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Duke of Weimar |
Employed Bach during his time in Weimar; Jailed Bach for accepting position in Cothen |
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Anna Magdalena Wilcke |
Court singer; Bach's second wife; two sons - Johann Christian and Johann Christoph |
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Arnstadt, Mulhausen |
1703 - 1708; court violinist, chamber musician, organist; granted leave from position in Arnstadt to meet Dietrich Buxtehude in Lubeck |
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Cothen |
1717 - 1723; Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Cothen; 1720 - death of wife Maria Barbara; 1721 - married Anna Magdalena Wilcke |
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Eisenach |
Birthplace |
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Leipzig |
1723 - 1750; Cantor of St. Thomas School; director of Collegium Musicum; 1750 - died of stroke |
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Weimar |
1708 - 1717; court organist and chamber musician to Duke of Weimar; spent month in jail for accepting salary advance for new position in Cothen |
