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Today in history

pornoboy said:
300 years ago today Johann Sebastian Bach became leader of the famous Thomas Choir, a choir of then 55 boys,
he stayed in this position until he died in 1750, writing timeless music.
Today Bach is regarded as one of the greatest composers and musician of all times.

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And here are the two pieces that won Bach the job, premiered at his audition service on Feb. 7, 1723:

Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe – Bach

www.bachvereniging.nl www.bachvereniging.nl

Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn – Bach

www.bachvereniging.nl www.bachvereniging.nl


Mind you, those 55 boys were the music students in the entire St. Thomas School, some of whom would have been playing instruments in church rather than singing. In Bach's "first choir" (out of four), the one singing his music at St. Thomas and St. Nicholas Churches, there were 12 singers, boys and adults, and most likely only eight of them were singing on any given day.
 
330: Roman emperor Constantine, the first Christian emperor, inaugurates Constantinople as his capital on the site of the Greek city of Byzantium

1682: The General Court of Massachusetts repeals two 2-year-old laws: (1) a ban on the celebration of Christmas, and (2) capital punishment for banished Quakers who returned to the colony.

1825: The American Tract Society organizes in New York City. A leader in developing printing technology, the nondenominational organization was publishing 30 million tracts a year by its sesquicentennial.
 
1471 - King Henry VI of England died in the Tower of London at age 49
1542 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River
1881 - Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
1924 - in a case that drew much notoriety, 14 year old Bobby Franks was murdered in a "thrill killing" carried out by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb (Bobby's cousin). Despite defense attorney Clarance Darrow's 12 hour plea, both Leopold and Loeb were sentenanced to life in prison and 99 years for kidnapping. In 1936, Loeb was attacked in the prison shower and later died of his wounds. Leopold was paroled in March 1958 and died of a diabetes related heart attack in August 1971: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb
1927 - Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis monoplane near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours
1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland
1955 - Chuck Berry recorded his first single, "Maybelline" for Chess Records in Chicago
1979 - former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the slayings of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk. White was sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in prison. He ended up serving 5 years and took his own life in 1985. Outrage over the sentenance sparked rioting.
 
The great american author Philip Roth died 5 years ago
at the age of 85.


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German born Henry (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger 100 years ago today and still alive,
a one person think tank.

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300 years ago, May 30, 1723, was Johann Sebastian Bach's first Sunday as Director of Music (Director Musices) in Leipzig, providing and supervising music for the city's four main churches.

Here's the piece he composed and performed for the occasion:

Die Elenden sollen essen – Bach

www.bachvereniging.nl www.bachvereniging.nl
 
1843: Isabella Baumfree, having received a vision of God telling her to "travel up an' down the land showin' the people their sins an' bein' a sign unto them," leaves New York and changes her name to Sojourner Truth. She became one of the most famous abolitionists and women's rights lecturers in American history.
 
LoveMyPeppermill said:
And here are the two pieces that won Bach the job, premiered at his audition service on Feb. 7, 1723:

Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe – Bach

www.bachvereniging.nl www.bachvereniging.nl

Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn – Bach

www.bachvereniging.nl www.bachvereniging.nl


Mind you, those 55 boys were the music students in the entire St. Thomas School, some of whom would have been playing instruments in church rather than singing. In Bach's "first choir" (out of four), the one singing his music at St. Thomas and St. Nicholas Churches, there were 12 singers, boys and adults, and most likely only eight of them were singing on any given day.
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Having sung as lead tenor in a number of Back pieces, and played trumpet for some others, listening to these brought back memories.
 
9 June 1672 - Birth of Peter the Great

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en.wikipedia.org

Peter the Great - Wikipedia

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1509 - England's King Henry VIII married his first wife, catherine of Aragon
1770 - Captain James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. . .










by running over it :badgrin:
1919 - Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the horse racing's first Tripple Crown winner
1955 - in motor racing's worst disaster, more than 80 people were killed during the 24 hours of LeMans in France when two of the cars collided and crashed into spectators
1962 - three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again
 
1215: King John signs the Magna Carta, which begins, "The Church of England shall be free...."

1520: In the papal encyclical "Exsurge Domine," Leo X condemns Martin Luther on 41 of counts of heresy, branding him an enemy of the Roman Catholic Church. After the encyclical, Luther's works were burned in Rome.
 
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