Bach House (Köthen)

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A nineteenth-century monument to the composer stands outside the house where he lived 1719-23

The composer Johann Sebastian Bach lived at two addresses during his stay in Köthen. As one of the properties has been demolished, Bach House (German: Bachhaus Köthen) normally refers to the house which is still standing and which the composer occupied in the period 1719-23. This property on Wallstraße (Wall Street) was completed in 1719 and Bach is assumed to have been the first tenant.[1] During the few years he lived there his first wife died and he remarried.

References

  1. ↑ Archival research in the twenty-first century has thrown light on the two houses where Bach lived in Köthen.Information der Stadt Köthen (Anhalt) zu den zwei Bachhäusern in Köthen

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Coordinates: 51°45′04″N 11°58′15″E / 51.7512°N 11.9707°E / 51.7512; 11.9707


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