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Offline imbetter

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wierd bach fact!
on: January 15, 2007, 10:38:04 PM
did you all know bach had 21 children??? I just found this out and it was pretty surpising.
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Re: wierd bach fact!
Reply #1 on: January 15, 2007, 11:36:09 PM
Yes, Bach was married twice. And most of Bach's children died shortly after they were born.

Here is a somewhat weird (surrealistic) page about the tragedy of Bach's wifes and children:


The Long Sufferings
of Anna Magdalena Bach

https://www.jonroseweb.com/f_projects_am_bach.html
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Offline mikey6

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Re: wierd bach fact!
Reply #2 on: January 16, 2007, 12:10:03 AM
It is rather well known ::)  Apparently, so I'm told, Wilhelm Freidman was the msot talented of the youngsters - I haven't heard any of his stuff, so i can't offer an opinion.

I didn't know Papa Bach spent time in jail though.
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Re: wierd bach fact!
Reply #3 on: January 16, 2007, 01:30:45 AM
i didn't know women didn't wear underwear back then.  perhaps that was part of the problem?

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Re: wierd bach fact!
Reply #4 on: January 16, 2007, 03:50:36 AM
Bach WAS a very prolific composer.  ;D
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Re: wierd bach fact!
Reply #5 on: January 16, 2007, 08:32:34 AM
I didn't know Papa Bach spent time in jail though.

Who did say that?
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Re: wierd bach fact!
Reply #6 on: January 16, 2007, 10:42:40 AM
Who did say that?
Saw it on a doco, apparently he was a a bit of a rebel when he was a teenager - I don't remember the exact details of why he got locked up.
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Re: wierd bach fact!
Reply #7 on: January 16, 2007, 06:21:46 PM
i didn't know he had an adopted son who died - plus taking care of all his own.  whew.  that's a lot of children.  looks like almost one a year.
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