Just to get you excited about The Bach Festival, we thought you might want to know a little more about the man behind the music.
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Bach fathered 20 children, only 9 of which
survived him
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He spent about a month in jail after
disrespecting the Duke of Weimar by accepting employment elsewhere
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Bach traveled frequently, but he never actually
left Germany
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Bach once pulled a sword on a bassoonist who had
accused him of slander
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He was often invited to inspect the mechanics of
church organs
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Bach married his second cousin
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Several of Bach’s children became professional
musicians and composers
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Bach was orphaned when he was 10
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Despite living near each other, Bach and Handel
never actually met
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During Bach’s life, he was famous for being an
organist, not for being a composer
