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Bach's Nekrolog
1754 eulogy of Johann Sebastian Bach
The 1754 funerary of Johann Sebastian Music is most often called representation Nekrolog. Impede was publicised four life after his death.
Publication
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Content
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To the Editor:
I am writing to convey some of my opinions related to the reason of death of Johann Sebastian Bach, the great master of Baroque music.
Bach has the typical look of a metabolic syndrome patient in the pictures depicting his later life. He is overweight and his abdominal circumference is rather large. We learn from the memoirs of his second wife, Anna Magdelena,1 that Bach was quite a trencherman. He had a big appetite, particularly for food of animal origin. He enjoyed smoking tobacco and excessively consuming alcoholic beverages. His eating habits and the appearance in his pictures suggest the presence of diabetes. It is said that he was a rather picky, fastidious, and obstinate person. He was also diligent.
His wife's memoirs and many sources mention that he had impaired vision.1, 2, 3, 4 This is why he had eye surgery. Interestingly, some defined the English surgeon, John Taylor, who performed the operation on Bach's eye, as a charlatan and some others believed that he was a famous doctor.3, 4 Bach died from a stroke at the age of 65, about 4 months following the eye surgeries.
It is reported that John Taylor used a large amount of mercury as an antiseptic during the operation, in case of inflammation.3 Moreover, some substances that could be sources of
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Johann Sebastian Bach – A chronology
1685
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach on 21 March. He retained many memories of his childhood in Eisenach throughout his life, including the family home (which also contained rooms for trainee musicians), the traditional grammar school with its choir in the old Dominican monastery, St George’s Church and its organ, and the town hall, where brass musicians performed from the tower.
1693–95
Bach attended the local Latin grammar school.
1694
J.S. Bach’s mother Elisabeth died in May.
1695
Bach’s father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, died on 20 February. Now an orphan, Bach moved to Ohrdruf, where he lived with his brother Johann Christoph, fourteen years his senior and the organist at St Michael’s Church. Together with his brother Johann Jakob and also his cousin Johann Ernst, Bach attended the grammar school, at that time a very prestigious educational establishment in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha. He sang in the school choir, whose responsibilities include performing at the local Ehrenstein Castle as well as at weddings and funerals. Under Johann Christoph’s guidance, Bach learned to play the organ. During this time, the organ at St Michael’s was completely overhauled, giving the young Johann Sebastian an