Halle (1713, 1714, 1716, 1719(?), 1740)

In December 1713, while employed as court organist in Weimar, Bach was offered the prestigious position of organist at Halle’s Market Church of Our Lady (Marktkirche unser lieben Frauen), also known as the Church of Our Lady and St. Mary’s Church (Liebfrauenkirche, Marienkirche). Since the church ha...

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Published inExploring the World of J. S. Bach p. 145
Main Authors ROBERT L. MARSHALL, TRAUTE M. MARSHALL
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Illinois Press 07.06.2016
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Summary:In December 1713, while employed as court organist in Weimar, Bach was offered the prestigious position of organist at Halle’s Market Church of Our Lady (Marktkirche unser lieben Frauen), also known as the Church of Our Lady and St. Mary’s Church (Liebfrauenkirche, Marienkirche). Since the church had always been considered one of the most important in central Germany, with a three-manual, sixty-five-stop organ then under construction that was almost twice the size of theHimmelsburginstrument at his disposal in Weimar, Bach was understandably intrigued by the prospect. The search for a successor to Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663–1712), the
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