Johann Sebastian Bach (100 page)

1731

Mar. 18

Daughter Christiana Dorothea baptized

 

Mar. 23

Good Friday: performance of
St. Mark Passion
, BWV 247

 

Spring

Publication of Opus 1: part I of the
Clavier-Übung

 

May

Major renovations of the St. Thomas School building; Bach family moves into temporary quartersc.

 

Sept. 14

In Dresden for several days: attends premiere of Johann Adolf Hasse's opera
Cleofide
(Sep. 13); organ recital at St. Sophia's (Sep. 14) and other performances at the court

 

Oct. 1

Son Carl Philipp Emanuel matriculates at Leipzig University

 

Nov. 12

Organ examination in Stöntzsch; reexamination Feb. 4, 1732

1732

Apr. 24

St. Thomas School building renovations nearly completed; Bach and his family return to their residence

 

Jun. 5

Dedication of the renovated St. Thomas School (BWV Anh. 18)

 

Jun. 21

Son Johann Christoph Friedrich born; baptized Jun. 23

 

Aug. 31

Daughter Christiana Dorothea dies (age 1); buried the same day

 

Sep. 21

Trip to Kassel with Anna Magdalena; organ examination at St. Martin's Church and dedication recital (Sep. 28)

1733

Feb. 15–Jul. 2

Official state mourning period after death on Feb. 1 of Elector and King Friedrich August I

 

Apr. 21

St. Nicholas's Church: fealty celebration for August II, elector of Saxony

 

Apr. 25

Daughter Regina Johanna (age 4) dies; buried Apr. 26

 

Jun. 7

Son Wilhelm Friedemann applies for organist post at St. Sophia's in Dresden; appointed on Jun. 23

 

c. Jul. 27

In Dresden for several days: dedication of the
Missa
(Kyrie and Gloria), BWV 232, to the new elector, Friedrich August II (Jul. 27)

 

Nov. 5

Son Johann August Abraham baptized; dies Nov. 6, buried Nov. 7

1734

Jan. 17–19

Celebration in Leipzig of the coronation of Friedrich August II as king of Poland (BWV 214a)

 

Mar. 13

Visit of Franz Benda in Leipzig

 

Sep. 9

Matriculation of son Carl Philipp Emanuel at the University of Frankfurt-on-the-Oder, where he directs the Collegium Musicum

 

Oct. 4 St.

Thomas School bids farewell to rector Johannb Matthias Gesner, who becomes founding dean of the Arts and Sciences Faculty of newly established Göttingen University

 

Nov. 21

Installation of Professor Johann August Ernesti as rector of the St. Thomas School (BWV Anh. 19)

 

Dec. 25

Christmas Day: performance of first part of
Christmas Oratorio
, BWV 248
^I
(subsequent parts performed on Dec. 26, Dec. 27, Jan. 1, 1735, Jan. 2, and Jan. 6)

1735

Spring

Publication of part II of the
Clavier-Übung

 

Jun.

Trip to Mühlhausen for more than a week: audition of son Johann Gottfried Bernhard for organist post at St. Mary's (
Jun. 9), organ examination at St. Mary's (
Jun. 16)

 

Sep. 5

Son Johann Christian born; baptized Sep. 7

1736

Mar. 30

Good Friday, at St. Thomas's:
St. Matthew Passion,
BWV 244 (revised version, using “swallow's nest” organ for first and last movements of part I)

 

Jul. 17

Plans to be absent from Leipzig for two weeks (no details known)

 

Nov. 19

Appointed Royal-Polish and Electoral-Saxon Court Composer

 

c. Dec.1

In Dresden for several days: organ recital at St. Mary's (Dec. 1)

1737

Jan. 14

Son Johann Gottfried Bernhard appointed organist at St. Jacobi's in Sangerhausen

 

Mar. 4

Resigns temporarily as director of the Collegium Musicum

 

Apr. 10

Town council decision regarding appointment of prefects

 

c. May

Trip to Sangerhausen (no details known)

 

May 14

Learns about Johann Adolph Scheibe's critique