Johann Sebastian Bach
1685 to 1750
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Johann Sebastian Bach across 8 places, from 1685 to 1730. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Johann Sebastian Bach ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Johann Sebastian Bach was documented, and when
21 March 1685exact date
Eisenachattested
“Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, in present-day Germany, on 21 March 1685 O.S.”
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3 April 1700exact date
Lüneburgattested
“By 3 April 1700 Bach had begun studies at St Michael's School in Lüneburg, two weeks' travel north of Ohrdruf.”
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3 April 1700exact date
St. Michaelis, Lüneburgattested
“By 3 April 1700 Bach had begun studies at St Michael's School in Lüneburg, two weeks' travel north of Ohrdruf.”
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1708year
Weimarattested
“Bach returned to Weimar in 1708, after Johann Ernst's death, as court organist.”
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1708 to 1714period
Mühlhausenattested
“Bach left Mühlhausen in 1708, returning to Weimar this time as organist and from 1714 (director of music) at the ducal court, where he could work with a large, well-funded contingent of professional musicians.”
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7 July 1720exact date
Karlovy Varyattested
“On 7 July 1720, while Bach was in Carlsbad with Prince Leopold, Maria Barbara died suddenly.”
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5 June 1722exact date
Leipzigattested
“Johann Kuhnau had been Thomaskantor in Leipzig from 1701 until his death on 5 June 1722.”
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1730year
Leipzigattested
“In 1730, Bach's oldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, travelled to Halle to invite Handel to visit the Bach family in Leipzig, but the visit did not take place.”
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1730year
Halle (Saale)attested
“In 1730, Bach's oldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, travelled to Halle to invite Handel to visit the Bach family in Leipzig, but the visit did not take place.”
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Places Johann Sebastian Bach is documented in
Leipzig2 presences · 1722 to 1730Halle (Saale)1 presence · 1730Weimar1 presence · 1708
Eisenach1 presence · 1685
Karlovy Vary1 presence · 1720
Lüneburg1 presence · 1700
Mühlhausen1 presence · 1708
St. Michaelis, Lüneburg1 presence · 1700
Other places tied to Johann Sebastian Bach in the record
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1702year
Sangerhausenmentioned
“Michael's in 1702 and being turned down for the post of organist at Sangerhausen, Bach was appointed court musician in the chapel of Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.”
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14 August 1703exact date
St. Matthew, Leipzigmentioned
“On 14 August 1703 he became the organist at the New Church, with light duties, a relatively generous salary, and a new organ tuned in a temperament that allowed music written in a wider range of keys to be played.”
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1705 to 1706period
Lübeckmentioned
“In 1705–1706, Bach upset the duke when, after obtaining a four-week leave of absence, he was away for about four months, taking lessons from the organist and composer Johann Adam Reincken and wanting to hear Reincken and Dieterich Buxteh…”
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1707year
Mühlhausenmentioned
“Four months after arriving at Mühlhausen in 1707, Bach married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach.”
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1713year
Halle (Saale)mentioned
“In 1713 Bach was offered a post in Halle when he advised the authorities during a renovation by Christoph Cuntzius of the main organ in the west gallery of the Market Church of Our Dear Lady.”
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1714year
Leipzigmentioned
“Bach had visited Leipzig during Kuhnau's tenure: in 1714 he attended the service at the St.”
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1716year
Halle (Saale)mentioned
“In 1716 Bach and Kuhnau met on the occasion of the testing and inauguration of an organ in Halle.”
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1717year
Weimarmentioned
“In 1717 Bach fell out of favour in Weimar and, according to the court secretary's report, was jailed for almost a month before being dismissed from his position: "On November 6, [1717,] the quondam concertmaster and organist Bach was con…”
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1719year
Halle (Saale)mentioned
“In 1719, Bach made the journey from Köthen to Halle with the intention to meet Handel, but Handel had left town.”
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1719year
Köthen (Anhalt)mentioned
“In 1719, Bach made the journey from Köthen to Halle with the intention to meet Handel, but Handel had left town.”
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1720year
Mühlhausenmentioned
“When Bach revisited Reincken in 1720 and showed him his improvisational skill on the organ, Reincken reportedly remarked: "I thought that this art was dead, but I see that it lives in you." In 1706 Bach applied for a post as organist at…”
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1720year
Divi Blasiimentioned
“When Bach revisited Reincken in 1720 and showed him his improvisational skill on the organ, Reincken reportedly remarked: "I thought that this art was dead, but I see that it lives in you." In 1706 Bach applied for a post as organist at…”
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3 December 1721exact date
Köthen (Anhalt)mentioned
“The next year, he met Anna Magdalena Wilcke, a gifted soprano 16 years his junior, while she was performing at the court in Köthen; they married on 3 December 1721.”
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1723year
Leipzigmentioned
“In 1723 Bach was appointed (director of church music) in Leipzig, a mercantile Saxon city with "the leading cantorate in Protestant Germany".”
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23 March 1731exact date
1733year
May 1747month
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