Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Part III
No doubt an excellent organist who
easily passed an audition, Bernhard had a very fine instrument at his disposal
in Sangerhausen: the old organ his father had played in 1702 had by then been
replaced by a new instrument by Zacharias Hildebrandt of Leipzig, a frequent
collaborator with Bach, onetime apprentice of the renowned Gottfriend
Silbermann, and now ducal Saxe-Weissenfels court organ builder. But not even this attractive organ could bind
the unsteady and restless Bernhard to Sangerhausen. In the spring of 1738, he suddenly
disappeared from the scene without informing anyone of his whereabouts.
source: S: Christoph Wolff, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (New York: Norton, 2000), p. 399.
[note of explanation: As a teenager, Johann Sebastian Bach had applied to Sangerhausen as his first major position after finishing school. The town council unanimously granted him the job, but the local nobleman over-ruled them and insisted on a different applicant. So, the leaders in Sangerhausen knew J. S. Bach pretty well.)
source: S: Christoph Wolff, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (New York: Norton, 2000), p. 399.
[note of explanation: As a teenager, Johann Sebastian Bach had applied to Sangerhausen as his first major position after finishing school. The town council unanimously granted him the job, but the local nobleman over-ruled them and insisted on a different applicant. So, the leaders in Sangerhausen knew J. S. Bach pretty well.)
posted by Stahlkes @ 1:23 PM
2 Comments:
Ah, yes. But Bernhard didn't have such a formidable force as a mother like you who uses all resources, medically and spiritually, that are available in this current age.
And in addition to the love from our earthly parents, God reassures us that He will continue to pursue us all through our lives.
We can only recall God's presence in the past and hope for it in the future, but today God's presence meets us where we are. He will give us what we need for today. Praise be to God, that he would nourish us so.
Thank you, Cindy. Much appreciated!
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