By: Karla Hodge
• 1705-1706, Bach visited the great master Dieterich Buxtehud and his Abendmusik in Norther city of Lubeck. (walked 250 miles each way) He overstayed his planned visit by several months.
• 1706- Bach relized that he needed to escape from his family and move on to further his career. He was offered a position as an organist at St. Blasius’s in Milhlhausen.
• 1707- Took senior post with improved pay and conditions, including a good choir.
• Four months later, Bach married his 2nd cousin from Amstadt, Maria Barbara Bach.
• 1708- Wrote “God is my king BWV 71”, a festive cantata in the style of Buxtehude, for the inauguration of the new council.
• Bach was appointed to his first important position as a court organist and chamber musician to the Duke of Weimar.
• During the Weimar period (1708-1717), he saw a rise of his fame as an organ virtuoso and the composition of many of his most important works were created.
• December 28, 1708- 1st child, Catharina Dorothea Bach, was born.
· 1710- November 22: 2nd child, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was born
1713-February 23: 3rd and 4th children, Johann Christoph andMaria Sophia were born and died the same day
• March 13-Bach competed for organist’s post at Halle
1714- February: Declined offer of Halle post.
• March 2nd, he was promoted to Konzertmeister at Weimar
• March 8th, 5th child, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born.
1715- May 11th, 6th child, Johann Gottfried Berhard Bach was born
