Today
we remember and give thanks for Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
is acknowledged as one of the most famous and gifted of all composers past and
present in the entire western world. Orphaned at the age of ten, Bach was
mostly self-taught in music. His professional life as conductor, performer,
composer, teacher, and organ consultant began at the age of 19 in the town of Arnstadt and ended in Leipzig, where for the last 27 years of his
life he was responsible for all the music in the city’s four Lutheran churches.
In addition to his being a superb keyboard artist, the genius and bulk of
Bach’s vocal and instrumental compositions remain overwhelming. A devout and
devoted Lutheran, he is especially honored in Christendom for his lifelong
insistence that his music was written primarily for the liturgical life of the
church to glorify God and edify his people.
Collect of the Day:
Almighty God, beautiful in majesty and majestic in holiness, you
have taught us in Holy Scripture to sing your praises and have given to your
servant Johann Sebastian Bach grace to show forth your glory in his music. Continue to grant this gift of inspiration to
all your servants who write and make music for your people, that with joy we on
earth may glimpse your beauty and at length know the inexhaustible richness of
your new creation in Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and
the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
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