The Bach Family in Arnstadt

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In 1703 the city of Arnstadt hired a rowdy youth as an organist for their new church. He arbitrarily prolonged his vacation for a couple months, he accompanied an unknown damsel into the gallery of the church and had a fist fight at the marketplace. There were also clear critics to his music: "He changes the key too often, plays dissonant chords and consternates the congregation with unusual sounds." Quite an outrageous behavior Mr. Johann Sebastian Bach!
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