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(Barbara Katherina, second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach and elder sister of Maria Barbara, Bach’s future spouse)
My pricey sister, Maria Barbara, have you ever heard the information? Our JS has simply gotten permission to go to Lubeck to listen to the celebrated organist, Dietrich Buxtehude at St. Mary’s. He has been speaking about this journey for thus lengthy and now town council has given him 4 weeks proper throughout Introduction to go to Lubeck. After all, he has requested our cousin, Johann Ernst to substitute for him right here on the Neukirche, so the music there’ll go on as traditional. JS tells me he’s going to stroll the 200 miles to listen to the nice Buxtehude and his Introduction Abendmusik live shows.
Lastly, simply once I had almost given up hope and had began considering the rumor was true that Johann was going to marry Herr Buxtehude’s previous daughter, Anna Margareta, so he may get the organist place at Lubeck, he has returned. Did you notice he had been gone sixteen lengthy weeks from his place on the Neukirche? Let me let you know, the authorities knew simply how lengthy Johann Sebastian had been gone and they’re mad. They’ve argued and argued with JS however he’s not apologizing for his conduct and the size of his absence. And actually why ought to he, our cousin Johann Ernst stuffed in fairly properly on the Neukirche whereas he was gone.
Maria Barbara have been you in church yesterday? Did you hear what our JS performed? I feel it was an organ piece with our favourite chorale “How Brightly Shines the Morningstar” hidden in all these totally different sounding sections someplace. Our staid previous congregation actually didn’t prefer it did they? I feel our JS realized lots from Herr Buxtehude and Herr Scheidt whereas he was in Lubeck do not you?
Then to make issues worse, did you hear the hymn accompaniment he performed on LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN? Heavens, it was arduous to sing that hymn with that wild accompaniment, if I say so myself. Why I heard individuals complaining throughout us. They really have been confused. Some even mentioned they may not hear the melody. I imagineall that new-fangled ornamentation, is just not going to take a seat effectively with all these critical confronted males.
Maria Barbara, please inform me you weren’t the lady somebody heard singing to JS’s organ accompaniment within the church choir loft the opposite day? If it was you, you might be in a lot bother! First, you-a lady truly within the choir loft and second, horror of horrors, you have been even heard singing within the choir loft! Simply consider the mess you might have created now for our pricey Johann Sebastian, and simply when issues have been beginning to cool down a bit. What have been you considering?
Oh, so you might have heard he’s searching for one other job? And, why would our Johann want a distinct job? So he can lastly cool down and what? Marry you, Maria Barbara? Is that what you might be considering, my pricey little sister?
(The story above is one in all a dozen vignettes from the multi-media and organ program, Bach and Sons, offered by Dr. Jeannine Jordan, live performance organist.)
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