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SON SIGNS NAME OFTHE DYING J.S. BACH
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BACH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN. One line autograph inscription Signed,“Johann
Seb: Bach,” acknowledging receipt of payment on behalf of his father, Johann Sebastian
Bach, on a fragment of a receipt book with two other similar inscriptions by others. The
complete inscription, “C[antor] Johann Seb[astian] Bach acc[epi] 2 fl[orin].” 2
3
/
4
x4 inches;
moderate toning overall, folds, minor bleedthrough from two similar inscriptions at upper
edge verso.
[Leipzig, circa 2 July 1750]
[8,000/12,000]
The present fragment records three disbursements from the Lobwasser Bequest of 1750 (see
Bach-
Dokumente
, ed. Neumann and Schulze, 1963, vol. I, No. 145). Some choir performances at St.
Thomas or St. Nikolai in Leipzig were held in honor of church benefactors who had arranged bequests
to be paid to the cantor as honoraria.While Bach had signed the receipt book many times beginning in
1723 when he assumed the post of Thomas Cantor, illness (followed by death less than one month
later on 28 July) necessitated that his son sign the receipt book for him.
Provenance: From the collection ofWanda Landowska and bequeathed to the present owner.
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