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problem arose after Bach composed a piece full of strange new sounds for a church service. The Council decided to be lenient with him until he refused to work with the boys choir and was found to have a complaint against him for entertaining a young woman in the organ loft of the church. A lot of this shows how Bach had a high regard for his music but didnt necessarily care what others wanted. His music was considered a little ahead of its time when he created these strange sounds. It was one time stated that Bach was an unruly youth who greatly disliked authority and had a mind of his own. He then moved twice the second time to, Weimar where he accepted the position of head concertmaster and organist in the Ducal Chapel. It was here that Bach settled himself and began to compose the first collection of his finest early works, which included organ pieces and cantatas.He married his cousin Maria Barbara.He developed a reputation as a brilliant, yet inflexible, musical talent. His talents on the organ were unequaled in Europe. He toured regularly as a solo virtuoso, and his growing mastery of compositional forms, like the fugue and the canon were already attracting interest from the musical establishment, which, in his day was the Lutheran church. The church liked his writings and wanted to use his music in their masses. This was the slow birth of the German chorale, which Bach became renowned for.It was during his stay here in Cothen that the orchestral masterpiece known as the Brandenburg Concerto was born.Bach had three children while at Cothen who became virtuosos of the organ and harpsichord.He then left Cothen and received a prestigious position as music director at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. This was his most demanding post and stayed there until his death. He had the responsibility, he had to compose cantatas for two churches, conduct choirs, and teach Latin. Even though the post was hard he was still able to ...

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