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 -