Early Years (1685–1702)
Bach was born into a family of musicians who worked for both small regional courts and local city governments. The deaths of both his parents forced him to move as a child from Eisenach to Ohrdruf, where he continued his study of music with an older brother. While still a teenager he traveled across Germany to Lüneburg as a scholarship student before receiving his first, briefly held, court appointment at Weimar. Contacts with Böhm, possibly Pachelbel, and other important musicians helped prepare him by the age of eighteen for a career as a virtuoso organist.
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1986 ◽
Vol 44
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2001 ◽
Vol 27
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pp. 380-380
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1999 ◽
Vol 76
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