4 ms·
One thing that shocked me was finding out J.S. Bach had 20 children, out of two marriages. Of these, 4 died during birth, and 6 died within the first five year
by riffraff 7y ago
One thing that shocked me was finding out J.S. Bach had 20 children, out of two marriages.
Of these, 4 died during birth, and 6 died within the first five years.
I can't even imagine what losing ten kids would be like, even if you have ten more.
- eej71 7y agoNot to make light of his loss, but even with ten kids, I marvel at his ability to crank out as much music as he did! I can't imagine any peace and quiet at home for concentration.
- jd75 7y agoWomen's domestic enslavement was a wonderful thing.
- bena 7y agoHe apparently only did two things: Compose and have sex.
- yellowapple 7y agoThis is unfortunately not exactly how my own music career went.
- AstralStorm 7y agoHe also played organ in cathedral. That was his day job.
- tomjen3 7y agoCan you imagine that? Going to mass and think the guy playing is pretty good, but then it is Bach? I mean that is like going to a meeting with your sons HS teacher and it is Einstein.
- paggle 7y agoIt was not really commonplace for someone like Bach to have any involvement in raising his children until they were preteens, and then only as an advisor or counselor, not dealing with anything like meals, bathtime, etc.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- bitwize 7y agoThen as now, being a musician meant more opportunities to breed.
- dredmorbius 7y agoAnd of all of those, there are no living descendants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach_family