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Johann Sebastian Bach : The story of the boy who sang in the streets By: Thomas Tapper |
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BACH [Illustration] By
THOMAS TAPPER THEODORE PRESSER CO.
1712 CHESTNUT STREET
·PHILADELPHIA·
Johann Sebastian Bach The Story of the Boy
Who Sang in the Streets This Book was made by ............................................... Philadelphia
Theodore Presser Co.
1712 Chestnut Str. COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY THEODORE PRESSER CO.
Printed in the U.S.A.
[Illustration]
The Story of the Boy Who Sang
in the Streets
This is the house in which JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH was born. [Illustration: THE HOUSE IN WHICH BACH WAS BORN.] This house stands in the town of Eisenach in Germany. It looks very much
the same today as it did when Sebastian was a little boy. Many people go
there to visit this house because the little boy grew to be a famous
man. In Eisenach there is a statue of Bach near the palace. [Illustration: STATUE OF BACH AT EISENACH.] In the same town in which Sebastian was born there stands on the top of
a hill a very famous castle built many hundreds of years ago. This castle is called the Wartburg. [Illustration: THE CASTLE AT WARTBURG.] As a boy little Sebastian used to climb the hill with his friends, and
they, no doubt, had a happy time playing about the castle grounds. In
one of its great halls the minstrels of Germany held their Song
Contests. When Sebastian was old enough he used to travel afoot, just as the
minstrels did; his purpose was to go to hear fine organ players. Once as
he sat weary by the roadside someone threw a herring to him so that he
might eat as he rested. [Illustration: BACH EATING THE HERRING.] Little Sebastian's father was named JOHANN AMBROSIUS BACH. He, too, was
a musician, as his people had been for many years. [Illustration: JOHANN AMBROSIUS BACH.] One of these was a miller who played and sang while the corn was
grinding. His name was Veit Bach, and his little boy was called Hans,
the Player, because he, too, loved to play the violin. [Illustration: VEIT BACH AND HIS SON HANS.] When Sebastian was ten years old his father and mother died. So he went
to live with his brother, whose home was a few miles away. Of this brother Sebastian had music lessons, and he improved so rapidly
that he used to beg to be allowed to play the pieces in a big book in
the library. But the brother refused him this pleasure. However, little Sebastian was
eager to learn all the music he could find, so he used to sit up on
moonlight nights and copy these pages while his brother was asleep. But what do you think happened when he had copied everything in that big
book? His brother found out what he had done and took all his precious music
away from him. [Illustration: BACH COPYING MUSIC BY MOONLIGHT.] If you know any boy who is about twenty years old you may say to him,
Bach was as old as you are when Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston. And although there was this difference of twenty years or so in their
ages, we may think of them at work in the world at the same time. You
must remember that all men like Franklin and Bach who became famous did
so by working very hard. [Illustration: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.] Franklin, too, was born very poor. Once he walked the streets of
Philadelphia with a loaf of bread under each arm. But by being faithful
in all he did he became the friend of all his countrymen and of Kings
and Queens besides... Continue reading book >>
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