From The American Minute by Bill Federer Johann Sebastian Bach was born MARCH 21, 1685. By age 10 his parents had died. At 18, Bach was a church organist, then held positions in royal courts. In 1717, Bach was imprisoned because a duke in the city of Weimar did not want him employed elsewhere. Widowed with 7 children, he remarried and had 13 more. In The Story of Mankind, 1921, Hendrik Willem van Loon wrote: By the middle of the 18th century the musical life of Europe was in full swing. Then there came forward a man who was greater than all others, a simple organist of the Thomas Church of Leipzig, by the name of Johann Sebastian Bach. In his compositions for every known instrument...to the most stately of sacred hymns and oratorios, he laid the foundation for all our modern music. When he died in the year 1750 he was succeeded by Mozart...then Ludwig van Beethoven. While serving as cantor at Thomas Church of Leipzig, Bach taught Luthers Small Catechism. Johann Sebastian Bach stated: The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging. On February 22, 1990, President George H.W. Bush stated: The Bible has had a critical impact upon the development of Western civilization. Western literature, art, and MUSIC are filled with images and ideas that can be traced to its pages. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote in McCollum v. Board of Education, 1948: It would not seem practical to teach either practice or appreciation of the arts if we are to forbid exposure of youth to any religious influences. MUSIC without SACRED MUSIC would be incomplete, even from a secular point of view.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:12:22 +0000
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