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Which of J.S. Bach’s Two Cousins Did He See Home from the Castle on 4 August 1705? / Милка, Анатолий Павлович.
In: Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online, Vol. 18, 2021, p. 12-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Which of J.S. Bach’s Two Cousins Did He See Home from the Castle on 4 August 1705?
AU - Милка, Анатолий Павлович
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Based on the findings of Arnstadt’s archivist Karl Müller, Kurt Hermann Frickel’s Bach genealogy, and other sources, the article clarifies the identities of Bach’s two cousins: Barbara Catharina Bach (1680–1709) and Barbara Katharina aka Catharina Barbara Bach (1679–1737). In Bach studies of the late twentieth century and on, the identities of these two cousins merged into one. This confusion led to two erroneous conclusions: 1) the misidentification of the girl Bach accompanied to her home and who witnessed Bach’s famous street brawl with the student Heinrich Geyersbach; and 2) the misidentification of this person as a sister of Maria Barbara, whom Bach eventually married. The author untangles this confusion and establishes the identity of Bach’s companion on 4 August 1705.
AB - Based on the findings of Arnstadt’s archivist Karl Müller, Kurt Hermann Frickel’s Bach genealogy, and other sources, the article clarifies the identities of Bach’s two cousins: Barbara Catharina Bach (1680–1709) and Barbara Katharina aka Catharina Barbara Bach (1679–1737). In Bach studies of the late twentieth century and on, the identities of these two cousins merged into one. This confusion led to two erroneous conclusions: 1) the misidentification of the girl Bach accompanied to her home and who witnessed Bach’s famous street brawl with the student Heinrich Geyersbach; and 2) the misidentification of this person as a sister of Maria Barbara, whom Bach eventually married. The author untangles this confusion and establishes the identity of Bach’s companion on 4 August 1705.
KW - Johann Sebastian Bach
KW - Barbara Catharina Bach
KW - Barbara Katharina Bach
KW - Catharina Barbara Bach
KW - Maria Barbara Bach
KW - Organist Bach case
KW - Karl Müller
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 12
EP - 19
JO - Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online
JF - Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online
SN - 0334-2026
ER -
ID: 85191994