NAME OF SITE | DESCRIPTION | CITY | STATE |
BIRTHPLACE | BACH BIRTHPLACE HOME | EISENACH | GERMANY |
HOUSE/STUDIES | BOYHOOD HOME WITH BROTHER/CHURCH | OHRDRUF | GERMANY |
HOUSE/STUDIES | SCHOOL/CHURCH | LUNEBERG | GERMANY |
HOUSE/WORKED | HOUSE/CHURCH/ | WEIMAR | GERMANY |
WORKED | CHURCH | ARNSTADT | GERMANY |
WORKED | CHURCH | MUHLHAUSEN | GERMANY |
WORKED | PALACE | KOTHEN | GERMANY |
WORKED | ST THOMAS CHURCH/NICHOLUS CHURCH | LEIPZIG | GERMANY |
WORKED | LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY CHURCH | LEIPZIG | GERMANY |
DEATH PLACE | HOUSE | LEIPZIG | GERMANY |
INTERESTING FACT |
Born in a town called Eisenach. The birthplace is somewhere very close to the current location of Bach Museum
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BIRTHPLACE AND HOUSE MUSEUM – EISENACH, GERMANY HE WAS BORN VERY NEAR TO THIS MUSEUM |
HOUSE MUSEUM – EISENACH, GERMANY |
HOUSE MUSEUM – EISENACH, GERMANY |
HOUSE MUSEUM – EISENACH, GERMANY |
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HOUSE MUSEUM – EISENACH, GERMANY- GOBLET USED BY BACH |
HOUSE MUSEUM – EISENACH, GERMANY |
Both his parents died when he was 10 years old. So He lived with his brother and studied and performed at St. Michaels’s church
in Ohrdruf Germany
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BACH HOUSE – OHRDRUF, GERMANY |
BACH’s STAY IN OHRDRUF, GERMANY |
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ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, OHRDRUF, GERMANY |
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, OHRDRUF, GERMANY |
Went to Luneberg to study music for two years
LUNEBERG SCHOOL |
LUNEBERG SCHOOL |
Settled in Weimar for 6 months in 1703 as a violinist for the Duke. Returned again in 1708 and stayed for 10 years till 1917
as an organist and as a director of music later in the ducal court.
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REMAINS OF THE HOUSE HE LIVED FOR 10 YEARS |
MANY OF HIS KIDS WERE BORN HERE |
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HIS STATUE IN WEIMAR |
THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS JAILED BEFORE HE LEFT FOR KOTHEN |
Left Weimar to Arnstadt to become the organist at the New Church (now Bach Church)
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THE CHURCH ORGAN HE WAS ASKED TO TEST IN ARNSTADT |
THE MUSEUM WHERE THE ORGAN IS LOCATED PALACE MUSEUM |
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NEW CHURCH (BACH CHURCH), ARNSTADT |
NEW CHURCH (BACH CHURCH), ARNSTADT |
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NEW CHURCH (BACH CHURCH), ARNSTADT |
NEW CHURCH (BACH CHURCH), ARNSTADT |
Took a job as organist at Blasius Church in Muhlhausen. He got married to Maria. In 1708 went back to Weimar for 10 years
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BLAZIUS CHURCH MUHLHAUSEN |
BLAZIUS CHURCH MUHLHAUSEN |
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BLAZIUS CHURCH MUHLHAUSEN |
STATUE MUHLHAUSEN |
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HIS WEDDING CHURCH DORNHEIM |
HIS WEDDING CHURCH DORNHEIM |
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HIS WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT DORNHEIM |
HIS WEDDING CHURCH DORNHEIM |
Left Weimar in 1717 to take up the position of Director of music in the palace of Kothen, offered by Prince of Anhalt-Kothen
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STATUE KOTHEN |
HOUSE/PALACE KOTHEN |
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HOUSE/PALACE KOTHEN |
HOUSE/PALACE KOTHEN |
In 1723, was appointed Cantor at Thomasschool at the Thomas Church in Leipzig and stayed for 27 years providing music for four churches in the city. He died in Leipzig in 1750.
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STATUE LEIPZIG |
THOMAS CHURCH |
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THOMAS CHURCH |
THOMAS CHURCH |
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THOMAS CHURCH |
THOMAS CHURCH |
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THOMAS CHURCH |
THOMAS CHURCH |
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BURIAL SITE THOMAS CHURCH |
BURIAL SITE THOMAS CHURCH |
NICHOLAS CHURCH LEIPZIG
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NICHOLAS CHURCH |
NICHOLAS CHURCH |
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NICHOLAS CHURCH |
NICHOLAS CHURCH |
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NICHOLAS CHURCH |
NICHOLAS CHURCH |
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UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG |
UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG |
Bach Museum in Leipzig is the location of his house
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BACH MUSEUM |
BACH MUSEUM |
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BACH MUSEUM |
BACH MUSEUM |
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BACH MUSEUM |
BACH MUSEUM |