Johann Sebastian Bach (102 page)

1750

Fall

Johann Christian (age 15) joins the household of his stepbrother C. P. E. Bach in Berlin; Gottfried Heinrich joins the household of his brother-in-law Johann Christoph Altnickol in Naumburg

 

Aug. 7

Election of Gottlob Harrer as Thomascantor (other applicants for the position: C. P. E. Bach, A. F. Graun, J. L. Krebs, J. G. Görner, and J. Trier)

 

Aug. 29

The Leipzig Town Council acquires performing parts of chorale cantata cycle from Anna Magdalena Bach for the use of the St. Thomas cantor

 

Oct. 2

Installation of Gottlob Harrer as Thomascantor

 

Nov. 11

Settlement of Bach's estate at the probate court of Leipzig University

1750–51

Winter

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Friedrich Agricola write Obituary (published 1754)

1751

May

Jubilate
(Spring) Fair: publication of
The Art of Fugue
, BWV 1080

 

Jun. 1

Subscription announcement for
The Art of Fugue

1752

May

Second edition of
The Art of Fugue

1755

Jul. 9

Death of Thomascantor Gottlob Harrer

 

Sep. 29

Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Augsburg Religious Peace: performance of BWV 126, conducted by the prefect (probably C. F. Penzel)

 

Oct. 8

Appointment of Johann Friedrich Doles, cantor at the cathedral in Freiberg (a pupil of Bach's, 1739–43), as Thomascantor

1760

Feb. 27

Death of Anna Magdalena Bach (age 59); buried Feb 29

1763

Feb. 12

Death of son Gottfried Heinrich (age 39) in Naumburg

1774

Jan. 14

Death of daughter Catharina Dorothea Bach (age 65) in Leipzig

1781

Aug. 18

Death of daughter Johanna Carolina Bach (age 43) in Leipzig

 

Aug. 24

Death of daughter Elisabeth Juliane Friederica Altnickol (age 55) in Leipzig

1782

Jan. 1

Death of son Johann Christian (age 46) in London

1784

Jul. 1

Death of son Wilhelm Friedemann (age 73) in Berlin

1788

Dec. 14

Death of son Carl Philipp Emanuel (age 74) in Hamburg

1795

Jan. 26

Death of son Johann Christoph Friedrich (age 63) in Bückeburg

1809

Dec. 14

Death of daughter Regina Susanna Bach (age 67) in Leipzig

1 pf. (pfennig—copper coin)

=smallest unit

1 gr. (groschen—silver coin)

=12 pf.

1 fl. (gulden, florin,
or
guilder—silver coin)

=21 gr.

1 tlr.
or
rtl. (taler
or
reichstaler—silver coin)

=24 gr. (1 fl. 3 gr.)

1 dukat (gold coin)

=66 gr. (2 rtl. 18 gr.)

1 dukat (adjusted parity)

=72 gr. (3 rtl.)

1 louis d'or (gold coin)

=5 rtl.

1 pfennig

=$ .25

1 taler

=$ 72.00

1 groschen

=$ 3.00

1 dukat

=$198.00

1 gulden

=$ 63.00

1 dukat (adj.)

=$216.00

1 dukat

=$198.00

1 louis d'or

=$360.00

Household goods

5 pf.

[$ 1.25]

1 quart [Kanne] of milk (1725)

6 pf.

[$ 1.50]

1 quart of beer (1699)

3 gr. 2 pf.

[$ 9.50]

1 quart of ordinary wine

6 gr.

[$18.00]

1 quart of better wine

3 gr. 3 pf.

[$ 9.75]

1 set of 15 [Mandel] eggs (1762) [1 egg =$.65]

4 gr. 9 pf.

[$14.25]

1 tub [4 quarts = Fass] of butter (1710)

1 gr. 2 pf

[$3.50]

1 pound of veal (1699)

1 gr. 3 pf.

[$3.75]

1 pound of beef (1699) or ham (1697)

21 gr. 6 pf.

[$64.50]

1 bushel [Saxon Scheffel =c. 103 liters] of grain (rye)

10 gr.

[$2.50]

1 pound of wax candles (1726)

20 gr. 8 pf.

[$62.00]

1 ream [Ries = 480 sheets] of ordinary paper (1725)

1 tlr. 2 gr. 5 pf.

[$79.25]

1 ream of fine paper (1717)

Wages

6 pf.

[$1.50]

a maid's (female child) daily pay (1700)

1 gr. 6 pf.

[$4.50]

a maid's (female adult) daily pay (1699)

6 gr.

[$18.00]

a gravedigger's pay per grave (1700–8)

7 gr.; 8 gr.

[$21.00; 24.00]

a carpenter's daily pay: 7 gr. / winter; 8 gr. / summer (1725)

50 rtl.

[$3,600.00]

annual income of a barber (1722–29)

175 rtl.

[$12,600.00]

annual salary of a pastor (1722–29)

Salaries, honoraria, fees

400 rtl.

[$28,000]

Bach's annual salary—without benefits—as capellmeister in Cöthen, 1717 (No. 70)

300 rtl.

[$21,600]

Anna Magdalena Bach's annual salary as Cöthen court singer, 1722 (No. 87)

100 rtl.

[$7,200]

Bach's annual fee for private study with him, including room and board, 1712 (No. 312)

50 rtl.

[$3,600]

Bach's honorarium for a congratulatory cantata, 1736, 1738 (Nos. 172, 201)

22 rtl.

[$1,584]

Bach's (variable) organ examination fee, 1746 (BDII, no. 548; see also Nos. 73 and 158)

12 rtl.

[$864]

Bach's (variable) honorarium for a guest performance (church music), 1713, 1717 (Nos. 47, 63; see also No. 116)

6 rtl.

[$432]

Bach's fee for a keyboard lesson to a nobleman (No. 250)

1 rtl.

[$72]

cantor's fee for weddings and funerals in Leipzig (
Ordnung der Schule zu St. Thomae
, Leipzig 1723)

16 gr.

[$48]

travel expenses; per diem for meals [
Kostgeld
], 1713 (No. 44)

Publications

1 rtl.

[$72]

Musical Offering
, 1747 = 3 typeset, 26 engraved pages (No. 248)

2 rtl.

[$144]

Clavier-Übung
, Part I, 1731 = 37 engraved pages (BD II, no., 506); J. D. Heinichen,
Der General-Baß in der Composition
, 1728 = 994 typeset pages (No. 140)

3 rtl.

[$216]

Clavier-Übung
, Part III, 1739 = 78 engraved pages (No. 333);
The Art of Fugue
, 1751 = 2 typeset, 67 engraved pages (No. 282)

Musical Instruments

115 rtl.

[$8,280]

fortepiano (No. 262)

50 / 80 rtl.

[$3,600/5,760]

harpsichord (No. 279)

21 rtl.

[$1,512]

lute (No. 279)

8 rtl.

[$576]

violin, made by Jacobus Stainer (No. 279)

3 rtl.

[$216]

spinet (No. 279)

2 rtl.

[$144]

ordinary violin (No. 279)

1 rtl. 8 gr.

[$96]

harpsichord rental (Bach's fee), 1 month (No. 249)

8 rtl. 3 gr. 6 pf.

[$586.50]

Bach's (variable) semi-annual fee for maintenance of instruments belonging to St. Nicholas Church, 1728 (BDII, no. 161; see also Nos. 37 and 110)