Hello my name is Javier and I'm a yunkie
I'm addicted to Johann Sebastian Bach
Long ago I decided to live with this incurable addiction getting me on daily doses
For that reason and as shock therapy I will make a motor home trip through Germany
Visiting all the places where the teacher lived and worked
If you are a Bachiano and you suspect that you are another yunkie accompany me my therapy
Having visited Weimar the previous chapter, my dear addicts
We are ready to visit one of the most important locations.
in the biography of master ... K"otten
But in the middle of the way we will stop.
in a small town called Sangerhausen
and very few books are quoted in this location
in fact not even his son Carl Philip
he learned that his father at the age of 17
I try to get his first job as an organist.
in the church of this town
This fact we know from Johann Sebastian himself
since he wrote to the municipality
30 years later, applying for one of his children
the post he did not get
actually the city hall and the church
if they did a test and we suppose that they were so astonished
They gave him the job.
And you have to say ... the post a lad of 17 years.
Almost unknown. they carried a great responsibility.
but this time the noble regent
He forced the town to reject Bach.
To offer the position to his chamber musician.
A great affront to the city.
although the young organist, is not to believe that he was humiliated
by an older, more experienced and well-connected musician
but this forced him to look for work elsewhere
we arrived at Kotten almost at night
And we decided to give a quick return to the population.
to see their Christmas atmosphere
But little we can stroll.
because at 18:00 it disappears
every trace of life ... good night !!
Good Morning!!! today 5 degrees below zero.
we slept in an area
next to a runway .... aircraft
very cold
in the middle of a Siberian steppe
Last night we decided to come to Dessau
since in K"ottenno there was no specific area for motorhomes...
we needed to refill and replenish water
To give you an idea
that is the valve of the gas and the vapor that has released...
it becomes frozen.
as you see .... we are in Dessau
what is this?
The lid of a container.
the chapter as an organist at the Weimar court
was closed and now Bach at the age of 32
He had reached the top of the musical hierarchy.
he went with his extended family to K"otten
to take possession of new position as teacher
of Prince's Chapel
very similar to today ... K"otten
It is a small rather dull agricultural population.
But to go to a great music opportunity....
would work for a pattern
with great musical training
And he offered support and a big salary.
to Johann Sebastian Bach
I did not have many options anyway.
Remember that he had been released from jail.
And with a humiliating dismissal in Weimar.
if he settled with his wife, his sister-in-law
and 4 children
Bach would be in charge ... for the first time in his life
to a professional orchestra of 17 instrumentalists
many of them stable and virtuous
another big difference from the previous job
It was that K"otten was a Calvinist court.
so the sacred music ... was very secondary
The Bach family lived in Three Houses.
His first residence was for rent.
And today they are department stores.
Then a short was rented.
period of time in this second dwelling
period of time in this second dwelling...
and the stability offered by his new job post
He encouraged himself to buy the only property he had in his life.
Just over a year after his arrival.
February 27, 1719
Prince Leopold decided to expand the city.
to the west of K"otten
And the baroque district was built.
the landlord of Bach
had in that area a large garden
had in that area a large garden...
on Wall Street
the house was completed the same year boayer of 1719...
Johann Sebastian Bach moved with great probability.
Johann Sebastian Bach moved with great probability
as the first tenant of your new neighborhood
It is now part of a nursing home.
one of the first decisions that Bach adopted
And his new position ... was to take rehearsals.
to his own house
in this way exercised greater control over the whole
And the musicians interested them since they all lived in the village.
Bach received 12 yearly bullrings for the same reason
Next to the square we can observe.
a monument that was realized 1885
For the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Undoubtedly the most outstanding of this small town.
was and is the Palace of Prince Leopold and his Gardens
We are going to visit it.
or what remains of the palace ... of course
both the mother regent ... and the prince
they were very musically illustrated
They wanted to form a musical set of height.
according to Bach himself ... Prince Leopold
played several instruments and loved and knew the music
if you know that Bach rehearsed with the whole musical ensemble
Almost every day ..... so we can state.
that there would be a program, at least weekly
of court proceedings in this palace
The musical evenings had to be
the main entertainment
And the central activity in the life of the court.
and it is not surprising ... that from this time, they left the pen
of our master, the concerts of Brandenburg
the french suites
the well-tempered key
The sonatas and partitas for violin solo.
Cello suites alone.
and some profane cantata ... almost nothing .. right?
But we also know for money.
contributed for the purchase of paper
binding costs
and in the 5 years Bach was in this court
could easily write 350
compositions
But for our sadness and despair.
only about 150 works have arrived
200 compositions of our beloved chapel master.
they have disappeared
Bach was very happy in K"otten
The same write in a letter.
that he sent to his old friend of the school Erdman
these words:...
There I had a giving prince as teacher these words:...
There I had a giving prince as teacher
I knew the music as much as I loved it
And he hoped to remain at his service.
until the end of my life
however we now know that it was not possible
the principle Leopoldo got married
And the new princess was not in favor of the musical activities of her husband.
to understand it ... we again give voice to the very Bach:
"It happened that the mentioned serenissimos ...
was to marry a princess of Bergburg
From which gives the impression.
that the musical hobbies of my prince
They were especially cold ... because the princess.
it seemed to be amuse
In the years of stay in the court of K"otten
Bach made numerous trips
to try to get to know Haendel ... for example
Buy musical instruments.
Perform concerts and accompany your prince.
to the Karlovy Vary spa
On the return of one of these trips.
Johann Sebastian Bach found out.
Of the death of his wife of 36 years Maria B'arbara.
She left 13 years of happy marriage
Four children and a great sadness in the composer.
but Bach ... shortly after he met
a promising professional singer
20 years old ... call a promising professional singer
20 years old ... call
Magdalena Wilcke
and a year later they married
Magdalena was a very well paid professional.
no doubt aspired to a career as a singer
Johann Sebastian Bach I always support that desire.
The wedding was held at his house.
As was the custom for second marriages....
And it was celebrated with great opulence and they were invited.
as expected ... the whole clan Bach
This marriage sure was a great personal impulse
for the chapel master
And it gave a lot of stability.
To his life and even his death.
the only documented interpretation
of a church cantata
for the Calvinist offices in Cotten Court
is the cantata BWV 5
and without being interpreted in this beautiful and well preserved chapel
In this chapel also one of his children was baptized
who would die a few years later
Prince Leopold being the godfather.
But a year after their marriage.
Bach started to think seriously
find a new job
The interest of Prince Leopold.
towards music ... had waned
Same as the budget assigned to it.
in the century that Bach had to live
College races opened all the doors.
Johann Sebastian had not had access to higher education.
But he wished he could offer it to his children.
Bach prepared conscientiously
For the vacancy that had been vacated.
for the post of Kantor
at the St. Thomas College of Leipzig
After obtaining the position and a letter signed by the prince.
accepting his resignation
the Bach family marched to Leipzig
for a new adventure
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