| Bach Church | |
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| Johann Sebastian Bach Church | |
Bachkirche | |
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| 50°50′03″N10°56′46″E / 50.8342°N 10.9461°E /50.8342; 10.9461 | |
| Country | Germany |
| Denomination | Lutheranism |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | New Church |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Architectural type | Aisleless church |
| Style | Baroque |
| Years built | 1676–1683 |
Bach Church is the common name of aProtestant parish church inArnstadt,Thuringia, Germany. It was officially namedJohann-Sebastian-Bach-Kirche in 1935 because of its association with the composerJohann Sebastian Bach.
It was in this church that Bach played a harpsichord concerto after working forJohann Ernst III,Duke of Saxe-Weimar for 7 months.
A church on the premises named after St. Boniface burned down in 1581. A new church was built from 1676 to 1683 and simply named Neue Kirche (New church). It is aBaroquehall church with three tiers on all sides.
The organ builderJohann Friedrich Wender fromMühlhausen built from 1699 to 1703 on the third tier of the church an organ with two manuals and 21 stops. It was inspected in June 1703 byJohann Sebastian Bach, then 18 years old, who was hired afterwards for the post of the organist at the church, his first position as an organist. He was succeeded in 1707 by his cousinJohann Ernst Bach who held the post to 1728. The organ was changed and restored several times.[1][2] A replica of the organ was installed in the church ofPontaumur,Auvergne, which is used also for a regional Bach festival, Bach en Combrailles.
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