Because musicians were looked up- on somewhat as court property, the duke of the court often felt betrayed when a court musician wanted to leave. Dukes expected and demanded loyalty from their court musician employees. This difficulty attests to the work relations of court musicians and their employers.
While at this post, Bach’s fame as an organist and the popularity of his organ works grew significantly.īach soon wanted to leave for another offered court musician position, and his request to be released was not received well. Bach was required to write church music for the ducal church (the church for the duke that hired Bach), to perform as church organist, and to write organ music and sacred choral pieces for choir, in addition to writing sonatas and concertos (instrumental music) for court performance for his duke’s events. This position had a great number of responsibilities.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH COMPOSITIONS PROFESSIONAL
He continued to be offered positions that he accepted and so advanced in his professional position/title up to a court position in Weimer where he served nine years from 1708-1717. Bach later was offered and accepted another position in Műhlhausen. They had seven children together two of their sons, Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Phillipp Emmanuel, as noted above, became major composers for the next generation.
He met and married his first wife while in Arnstadt, marrying Maria Barbara (possibly his cousin) in 1707. The congregation seemed sometimes confused and felt the melody lost in Bach’s writings. He felt his musical creativity and growth was being hindered and his innovation and originality unappreciated. Bach’s first appointment was not a good philosophical match for the young aspiring musician. Source: Wikimediaīach received his first professional position at the age of eighteen in Arnstadt, Germany as a church organist.
\): Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach by Elias Gottlob Haussmann.
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