The Burial and Resurrection of Bach's Music
When Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig on July 28, 1750, the world barely noticed. The city council's official response was to complain about the...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50.
When Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig on July 28, 1750, the world barely noticed. The city council's official response was to complain about the cost of his funeral. His manuscripts were divided among his sons, scattered across Europe, some reportedly used as wrapping paper in butcher shops. For nearly eighty years, the greatest sacred music ever composed lay buried in attics and archive boxes — sown in dishonor, forgotten.…
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