요한 세바스찬 바흐 . The Book of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Ludwig Ziemssen

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요한 세바스찬 바흐 . The Book of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Ludwig Ziemssen
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Johann Sebastian Bach . 요한 세바스찬 바흐, 작곡가; 출생지: 독일; 1685-1750
Title: Johann Sebastian Bach
Life Stories for Young People
Author: Ludwig Ziemssen
Translator: George P. Upton

LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Translated from the German of
Ludwig Ziemssen
BY

GEORGE P. UPTON
Translator of “Memories,” author of “Upton Handbooks on Music,” editor “Autobiography of Theodore Thomas,”
etc., etc.
WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1905
COPYRIGHT
A. C. MCCLURG & CO.
1905
Published September 16, 1905
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

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요한 세바스찬 바흐 . The Book of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Ludwig Ziemssen

Contents
I A FRIEND IN NEED 13
II IN THE WORLD 26
III THE FIRST STEP TO FAME 38
IV THE NEW LIFE 54
V A MUSICAL TOURNAMENT 72
VI LIFE AND WORK IN LEIPSIC 87
VII “ HE SHALL STAND BEFORE KINGS” 103
VIII THE LAST OF EARTH 126
APPENDIX 133

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요한 세바스찬 바흐 . The Book of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Ludwig Ziemssen
Translator’s Preface
There is no person in musical or general history whose life can be studied by
young people with more advantage, or followed in its general characteristics with
more profit than Johann Sebastian Bach. The old saying that genius is only the
highest capacity for work has sometimes been attributed to him. Whether he
originated the saying or not, his life illustrates its truth. His industry was
astonishing, whether in adverse or prosperous circumstances, though his
remuneration, considering the magnitude of his achievements, now seems a
beggarly pittance. He worked for the highest in his art, and always with the utmost
of his ability, and consecrated his work to the divine honor. Upon all his important
pieces he inscribed the letters, “ S. D. G.” (“ Soli Deo Gloria” ), “ to the glory of
God alone.” What the simple, God- fearing, art- loving cantor of Saint Thomas
accomplished, the world knows. Gounod summed it up in the declaration that if
all the music written since Bach’s time were lost, it could be reconstructed upon
what he wrote. His life was as noble as his music. He was an affectionate father,
laboring manfully and incessantly to support his large family; a good citizen,
faithfully fulfilling his duties and commanding universal respect; a musician
without an equal in the profundity of his knowledge and the richness of his
productions; the founder of modern music, the master of the organ, the
composer of the highest forms of sacred music; a plain, humble man, despising
rank and show, making no boast of his grand achievements, and yet recognized
in the court of Frederick the Great as above courtiers and nobility by the title of
his genius. “ Seest thou a man diligent in business; he shall stand before kings.”
He was a self- reliant, self- sustained, evenly poised man, plain and
unostentatious in his bearing, honorable in his intercourse with men, strong and
unvarying in his home love, and guided in every event of life by a strict morality
born of sincere religion. He followed the bent of his genius untrammelled by the
accidents or troubles of life, and sought for no higher reward than his own
conviction of the worth of his accomplishments. Such a life is to be commended
not only to the young student entering upon the profession of music, but to every
young person entering upon the duties of life. This little volume, therefore,
worthily claims a place among “ Life Stories for Young People.” Though the
original is inaccurate in some small details, which later biographers have
corrected, the general story of his life is reliable and nearly every event of
importance is included in its pages.
G. P. U.
CHICAGO, 1905

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요한 세바스찬 바흐 . The Book of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Ludwig Ziemssen
Translator’s Preface
There is no person in musical or general history whose life can be studied by
young people with more advantage, or followed in its general characteristics with
more profit than Johann Sebastian Bach. The old saying that genius is only the
highest capacity for work has sometimes been attributed to him. Whether he
originated the saying or not, his life illustrates its truth. His industry was
astonishing, whether in adverse or prosperous circumstances, though his
remuneration, considering the magnitude of his achievements, now seems a
beggarly pittance. He worked for the highest in his art, and always with the utmost
of his ability, and consecrated his work to the divine honor. Upon all his important
pieces he inscribed the letters, “ S. D. G.” (“ Soli Deo Gloria” ), “ to the glory of
God alone.” What the simple, God- fearing, art- loving cantor of Saint Thomas
accomplished, the world knows. Gounod summed it up in the declaration that if
all the music written since Bach’s time were lost, it could be reconstructed upon
what he wrote. His life was as noble as his music. He was an affectionate father,
laboring manfully and incessantly to support his large family; a good citizen,
faithfully fulfilling his duties and commanding universal respect; a musician
without an equal in the profundity of his knowledge and the richness of his
productions; the founder of modern music, the master of the organ, the
composer of the highest forms of sacred music; a plain, humble man, despising
rank and show, making no boast of his grand achievements, and yet recognized
in the court of Frederick the Great as above courtiers and nobility by the title of
his genius. “ Seest thou a man diligent in business; he shall stand before kings.”
He was a self- reliant, self- sustained, evenly poised man, plain and
unostentatious in his bearing, honorable in his intercourse with men, strong and
unvarying in his home love, and guided in every event of life by a strict morality
born of sincere religion. He followed the bent of his genius untrammelled by the
accidents or troubles of life, and sought for no higher reward than his own
conviction of the worth of his accomplishments. Such a life is to be commended
not only to the young student entering upon the profession of music, but to every
young person entering upon the duties of life. This little volume, therefore,
worthily claims a place among “ Life Stories for Young People.” Though the
original is inaccurate in some small details, which later biographers have
corrected, the general story of his life is reliable and nearly every event of
importance is included in its pages.
G. P. U.
CHICAGO, 1905

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Johann Sebastian Bach . 요한 세바스찬 바흐, 작곡가; 출생지: 독일; 1685-1750
Title: Johann Sebastian Bach
Life Stories for Young People
Author: Ludwig Ziemssen
Translator: George P. Upton

LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Translated from the German of
Ludwig Ziemssen
BY

GEORGE P. UPTON
Translator of “Memories,” author of “Upton Handbooks on Music,” editor “Autobiography of Theodore Thomas,”
etc., etc.
WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1905
COPYRIGHT
A. C. MCCLURG & CO.
1905
Published September 16, 1905
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.