House of Ascania by birth. She was a leader in the Dessau of the Deutscher Krieger-Hilfsbund (German War Auxiliary Corps). She was the third child of the...

Bericht: 117 Smend Köthen: 27, 69, 195–198 Dürr, NBA I/35, Krit. Bericht: 120, 275f Dürr, NBA I/35, Krit. Bericht: 118f Smend Köthen: 27, 69, 199ff Wäschke...

periods, at courts in Weimar, where he expanded his organ repertory, and Köthen, where he was mostly engaged with chamber music. From 1723, he was employed...

Lebendige deutsche Sprache e.V. (LDS) Neue Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft zu Köthen/Anhalt Society for German spelling and language cultivation – initiative...

texts in about 1713 when he was working at Weimar. Later, while working at Köthen, he applied for a job as organist at Neumeister's church in Hamburg. The...

an Italian aria, modelled after the concerto style Bach had developed in Köthen: in that style the material is presented in an instrumental tutti. Measure...

Bach's First Köthen Funeral music premieres at St. Jakob, Köthen, in honor of the funeral of his former employer Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. The next...

performances have survived. Bach performed the cantata again, possibly in Köthen between 1717 and 1722, and several times as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. For...

organist and composer (d. 1712) October 6 – Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince of the House of Ascania (d. 1670) October 12 – George Saunderson...

January 1, 1650, to December 31, 1659. January 7 – Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, dies after a reign of more than 63 years. The area is now part of the northeastern...