This alone shows how much her voice was appreciated. When Bach took up the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig in 1723, he was not only responsible for the Thomanerchor, but also for all the city's ...

In the Lutheran Germany of Bach's time, the musical menu for church ... was composed for a memorial service for Johanna Maria Kees in 1723. Its 11 movements, which switch between biblical text ...

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra music director Ken-David Masur is a proud ambassador for composers from Leipzig, his German hometown — where Johann Sebastian Bach worked from 1723 until his death ...