The LIFE of BACH - Full Movie - English Narration & Subtitled

The LIFE of BACH - Full Movie - English Narration & Subtitled Ray Vandenburg 55.2K subscribers Subscribe 1.5K Share Download Clip Save 59,005 views Dec 8, 2024 It is recommended that you watch this updated version from "The Life of Bach". • "THIS IS MY LIFE" - JS BACH - UPDATED... Watch and listen to the most dramatic events in the life of one of our greatest composers, Johann Sebastian Bach. The film highlights his youth and education, his love for making music and composing; his marriages and children, the nice and nasty employers, his struggle against hatred and envy, his brutal end, his funeral, but above all his love and support for his family. The film is English-spoken and subtitled. To maintain authenticity, the German characters speak in their native language, with English subtitles. CORRECTIONS TO THE FILM: === The portrait at 02.50 is now showing Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt === The photo at 46.08 shows now Gottfried Silbermann === The photo of Georg Böhm is now correct. === Eisenach is a city (not a village) === The profession of Johann Ambrosius Bach is now correct === The microphone on the preacher's desk has been removed === Bach now says "Zippel bassoonist" === No more modern pianos, just harpsichords === The photo of Dietrich Buxtehude is now correct. === Several smaller overall correctios are implemented. The above adjustments have been incorporated into the released film version: • "THIS IS MY LIFE" - JS BACH - UPDATED... I thank everyone who pointed out the errors and omissions. Ray Vandenburg, video editor. Music 5 songs Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541: II. Fugue Stefano Molardi J.S. Bach: Complete Edition, Vol. 10/10 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude Sviatoslav Richter Bach For Relaxation C Major Prelude Bach C Major Prelude Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro Martin Stadtfeld Bach: Piano Concertos Vol. 2 Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen, BWV 12: I. Sinfonia Netherlands Bach Collegium & Pieter Jan Leusink J.S. Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 Music Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript Ray Vandenburg 55.2K subscribers Videos About 226 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Pinned by Ray Vandenburg @rafikbaladi6555 2 weeks ago This testimony is simply ravishing, moving, inspiring and refreshing for music lovers. And, with J.S Bach, it gives him justice whether with the richness of baroq decor or the warmth of his devotion to his family. 35 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 3 replies @pobinr 10 days ago "Bach is the most stupendous miracle in all music" Wagner 31 Reply @markjacksonturner6462 9 days ago He always wrote, "Soli Deo Gloria" on his music. To God alone be the glory. † 19 Reply 1 reply @stephene.robbins6273 5 days ago "Bach was very productive." Understatement of the century. 9 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @viewlesswind 5 days ago Bach had enriched all of us. Thank you, Mr. Bach! 4 Reply @spmoran4703 2 weeks ago My favourite composer . Thank you . 17 Reply @julesmarwell8023 2 weeks ago the whole world owes Germany a great debt for giving us J S Bach. Thank you,. this said by an Proud Anglo 22 Reply 2 replies @stephanebelizaire5063 2 days ago 🌹Vivat Herr Bach ! 🌹 2 Reply @SebastianAnonymous-p2d 9 days ago A Slovenian "joke." When Mozart ascended to heaven he was met by St. Peter who said he was commissioned to take him directly to God. An overwhelmed Mozart could hardly contain his emotions upon being presented to God who astounded him even further by offering the position of Kapellmeister. Mozart said but was unworthy of that position and said surely it must go to Bach. God replied: That is impossible because I am Bach. 22 Reply 2 replies @leonardzane 3 weeks ago You have rendered the multifaceted genius, exhilaration, freshness, and heroism of the greatest composer! Congratulations on your feat! 29 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 4 replies @kenboydart 9 days ago At first I was very skeptical of this format to tell a story but I quickly got hooked. This production is beautifully done and I'm happy to learn more about the great masters work, thank you Ray . 14 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 4 replies @igorrromanov 2 weeks ago One of the greatest... THE GREATEST! THE GOD OF MUSIC! Though I consider GFHandel greatest too... but Bach IS the first and the foremost. 17 Reply @alanc3134 7 days ago Of J.S.Bach’s 20 children, only ten survived to adulthood; 5 boys and 5 girls by my calculations. This is typical of the child mortality rate in those days. However 4 of the boys became renowned composers but it is sad the girls were never provided the opportunity to explore their musical talents. Had females been given the same treatment as males, the baroque/classical repertoire could have been twice as rich! 4 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @ariadne.thread 5 days ago For German speakers, the machine translations from English into German are often hilarious, and the language spoken is way too modern, but indeed this format is charming 5 Reply 1 reply @igorrromanov 2 weeks ago Actually, Bach remains were found since then following one particular clue: The year of his death only three citizens of Leipzig were buried in oak coffins. The rest got pine coffins, which, of course, soon disintegrated. All oak coffins were numbered. The remains of the man, quite tall, with strong built and large head correspond to the characteristics of Bach's physical appearance. 11 Reply @bruceweaver1518 2 weeks ago “The most stupendous miracle in all of music!” ——Wagner 9 Reply @dawnsonntag8443 7 days ago Um...in this film, little Sebastian was singing the Gounod arrangement of his work. That is indeed miraculous. 8 Reply @aksuli1 13 hours ago Thank you for the story! I couldn't keep my eyes dry. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @GTrotter-ho8ul 2 weeks ago Thank you. This brings new understanding and appreciation to my admiration of Bach and his inspirational music. 5 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @mikekeyes6102 2 weeks ago Beats me why a grand piano was often shown which didn't exist at the time; it should of course been a harpsichord. 25 Reply 5 replies @alf5835 8 days ago Very well done. 3 Reply @pauldavies5611 7 days ago This was fun to watch and quite instructive. Also enjoyable was the dialogue in the German language. I would only suggest more substantial discussion of the music. The Well-Tempered Klavier is not mentioned and it would be nice to know a little more about the Masses, the Brandenburg Concertos, the famous Chaconne for violin in d minor. But thank you very much for putting this on for viewing. 5 Reply @CanuckBeaver 1 day ago Excellent program, very professional appropriate to Bach. Everyone was treated with respect, each with their own stories and reasons. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @HolyGrailArts 1 day ago Wonderful documentary. Thank you for sharing. J.S.B. whom I consider the supreme Architect of music, other than Beethoven and Georg Friedrich Händel, was once employed at the court of my maternal ancestral relative, King, Friedrich II "The Great" House of Hohenzollern. Kind Regards from the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Álvaro Guevara y Vázquez, Composer BMI. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @jkgou1 2 weeks ago Thank you very much I try to understand his works through his life This film is vivid, concise, and very helpful Merry Christmas Happy 2025 6 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @johntibbetts7766 5 days ago In the second minute of this film, the narrator states that Bach was born on March 31, 1685. Any source on Bach's life will report that he was born on March 21 of that year, not March 31. It turns out that March 21 is my birthday, and I've always celebrated my birthday toasting Bach, my favorite composer 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @javierblanco7478 2 weeks ago DIVINO BACH 4 Reply @peterquennellnyc 2 days ago (edited) Thanks Ray! Well done. Clever, entertaining, respectful, and very touching in parts (repetitive nitpickers here; are they AI?!) I was in Bach's cathedral soon after The Wall came down. Bach was never a biggie for the Communists. In the evening, there wasn't a single other person around. In the morning, there was just one young woman, practicing on the vast organ at the back (there are two); memory of her still touches me. There is a Bach gravestone right in the middle of the nave; no flowers on it then, but always covered now. 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @shanti9040 8 days ago (edited) Awesome...excellent....beautiful ..👏👏👏💐💐💐💐💕...I LOVE..J. S. BACH.🌹❤❤❤❤❤❤❤..thank You ..💐💐💐💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.. 2 Reply @dietermarczinski5516 3 weeks ago Dank je wel beste Ray. Ik verheug me echt op de Duitse versie. Ik wens je een fijne adventstijd en groet je hartelijk uit Zwitserland die, Dieter.🌷🌷🌷 3 Reply @64storun 17 hours ago You made my day. Thank you very much. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @pantelismisikos9023 2 weeks ago Nice work!! 2 Reply @SebastianAnonymous-p2d 8 days ago I'm sure you know that Bach greatly admired Vivaldi for what he regarded as his multi-dimensional frivolity and exuberance that in some ways is found in Bach's secular cantatas (see the fantastic Netherlands Bach Society's rendition of the Kaffeeekantata) and, of course, in his harpsichord concertos particularly BWV 1065 an incredible version under the aegis of Alexandra Korenva). Bach added much stronger counterpoint and depth. I think that Vivaldi always started a work with a brilliant display of fireworks that he found difficult to maintain and Bach was able to extend that in my view. Good luck with the project. 3 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 3 replies @yacovmitchenko1490 8 days ago (edited) The GOAT for me. Sorry Mozart and Beethoven. 1 Reply @WarinPartita6 2 weeks ago (edited) Big​ ​thanks.​❤😂🎉😅😊😂❤ 5 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @brads2041 3 days ago Very good job. This must have been a lot of work 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @donaldturnbull 7 days ago Ignoring the historical flaws like a piano that didn’t exist in Bach’s time it was a decent movie. 3 Reply @markaaronsite 6 days ago bravo. wonderful accomplishment! Music selection, visuals and the story all made for superb entertainment. Papa Bach will always be the Shakespeare of music and our divine muse. 4 Reply @timcrockford1731 3 days ago Bach at Lüneburg from 1700-1702. Johann Sebastian Bach first met Johann Adam Reincken in 1705, received lessons from him from 1705 –1706, and met again in 1720. Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542: The Fantasia may have been composed separately during Bach's time in Köthen (1717–23). Probable dates given for the Fugue being improvised in 1720. No autograph manuscript of either the Fantasia or the Fugue survives, and no manuscript of the Fantasia survives from the composer's lifetime. During his 1720 trip to Hamburg Bach is believed to have met Reincken,[3] whose music he had known since his teens. (See Wikipedia) Reply @johanvanham5102 3 weeks ago Bach is not my favorite,but I enjoyed the video very much. Must have been a hell of a job to select so many details of sound and images of Bach's dynamic life in a video not too long nor too short. Guess a process of many many weeks . Saw the German version as well, glad you made an English one as well. Thanks a lot Ray 6 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @axiaocy 2 weeks ago Bach did not compose any symphonies, he composed orchestral suites. 7 Reply 1 reply @EdeltraudGurtner 2 days ago Sehr gut gemacht, sehr unterhaltsam. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @rineric3214 2 weeks ago Bach did NOT walk around with a sword on his body. He was wearing a WOODEN "sword" that was a stage prop he had just worn in a musical play at a nobleman's mansion. 5 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @williamconklin5017 12 days ago If somebody could prove to me that Bach was God, I would believe in God 8 Reply 2 replies @malcolmledger176 2 weeks ago (edited) Amusing how Bach calls Anna Magdelena "honey" at 42:55. And with all the organ music Bach wrote, why keep repeating the same pieces? Your painting accompanying the name of Gottfried Silberman (45:50) is in fact of Frederic the Great of Prussia. 6 Reply @igorrromanov 2 weeks ago NOTE: In place of Buxtehude the picture shows Alessandro Scarlatti. 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @pines3200 2 weeks ago So many pieces NOT even written by Bach in the first four minutes. Agh! 5 Reply @wamexart 5 days ago Thank you for such a moving and comprehensive rendering of JS Bach life. Using harpsichord for the keyboard parts that were played in the piano, would have contributed to the fidelity of the movie. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @Ben777World 11 days ago A delightful work. I was worried about the historical accuracy, but your corrections show you take this seriously. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 4 replies @suzanneozorak1212 2 weeks ago Piano did not exist then 3 Reply @SebastianAnonymous-p2d 10 days ago Whilst Bach played an early version of the pianoforte he never composed with that instrument which he said lacked perfection. He worked with clavichords and harpsichords. A pity this has not bee respected in the film. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @peterquennellnyc 2 days ago Ray, I offer you this (my original comment under an excellent Messiah video) for if/when you turn to Handel. This is the astonishing critical-path longshot which resulted in the Messiah. Handel had to be born in Germany, of a father then over 60, had to have his mother secretly buy him a piano, had to have a local count hear his organ playing (at age 11) and sponsor him, had to learn baroque music and Italian in his 4 years in Italy, had to find cities & audiences back in Germany smallish, had to move to London for more business, had to be a favorite of the German-born kings then, had to see his main income from Italian operas fading, had to have an avid Christian come up with the Messiah's unique libretto (phrases all lifted from the bible), had to have a sudden health problem but survive it, had to get fired up enough to write the music for all singers and players in 3 weeks (at age 56), had to need money, had to be invited to Dublin, had to encounter a certain high-profile contralto, had to grasp a charitable angle, had to encounter a crazy-keen first audience there, had to be rebuffed initially in London, and had to be championed years later by the passionate co-founder of a hospital for babies of unmarried mothers (eventually 25,000 of them) in large part funded because he made the Messiah in a real sense theirs. 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @JohnvanderVeen-c3c 13 days ago Why music examples on piano? Bach composed for the harpsichord. 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @reneblom2160 12 days ago Huh! Why is a picture of Constance Mozart being shown to depict the mother of J.S. Bach? This is just ridiculous - I'm out of here! 3 Reply @percivalpc 10 days ago I'm sorry, but I'm too terrified at the uncanny valley to watch this. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @alanc3134 7 days ago Stunning that both J.S and Mary Magdelena were buried in unmarked graves ; hard to believe but I think the same fate befell Mozart? Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @SEMPRELISZT 8 days ago There's some good info, but some silly anachronisms, like JSB playing on a grand piano. 2 Reply @BlossomedJewelsOfficial 8 days ago 38:49 Bach didn’t compose cantatas for the prince at that time because only secular works were required of him. He composed most of his cantatas when he was in Leipzig. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @Jupper1958 10 days ago Good information content, but don't you find the graphics a bit on the kitschy side? 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @malcolmledger176 2 weeks ago There were never any "piano concerts" at Zimmermanns coffee house. Never heard of the harpsichord? 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @Frenchie1116 2 weeks ago Wait, that's Constanze Mozart at 2:50 🤨 5 Reply 1 reply @MrXiaoda 2 days ago The Bible of the classical music. Reply @michaelbookout7561 2 days ago thank you for this excellent presentation both informative and complete in history Reply @marklaverty3221 8 days ago A couple more errors: At 3:33, Bach attends the 'EisenBach Latin School'??????? I don't think so. He never went that far from Eisenach. Moreover, shortly after this statement, we hear the strains of 'Ave Maria' sung by a vocalist, presumably intended to sound like 'little Sebastian singing in a lovely, pure soprano voice'???? Nope. Bach never did/would never compose a song/prayer to Mary. That is a concoction by Gounod, composed more than 150 years after Bach's birth. And Bach was Lutheran, not Roman Catholic. Lutherans don't pray to Mary; she cannot hear nor respond to prayers. 2 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @arthuroldale-ki2ev 2 days ago Enjoyed this video but was surprised to see that awful word AWESOME used ! 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @valtergilenardi2639 7 days ago Amazing Video...Saluti from Lecce South Italy BaroqueCity. 🏖🕍⛪🌅. I am a Great Fan to the Kappellmeister of Lipsia 👑🎼🎹🎻🎺📯❤🎶🎶🎶😊 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @suzanneozorak1212 2 weeks ago Gounod was born much after—?! 2 Reply @musictheoryforeveryone7938 3 days ago It seems even Artificial Intelligence is taking over the movie making process. It is reducing a lifetime of Bach’s music making and genius to a production that took some computer three seconds to spit out… While the individual scenes are striking, the overall effect is very disjointed and chaotic, lacking a cohesive style and characters consistent from scene to scene. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @mathersdavid5113 9 days ago Odd that there is no mention of several key works that define Bach's career in music- Well-tempered Klavier, Art of Fugue, Musical Offering, B minor Mass, St. Matthew Passion and others. His face keeps changing but rarely looks much like him for some reason. There are reliable portraits to aid with this aspect. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @joyeux-o8v 5 days ago Would anyone know the title of the Bach composition played at 25:54 onward? It's a pity only a fragment of it is played. It's the tune I love the most in this whole documentary. Thank you for this post! It's beautiful and informative. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 7 replies @rinkinkel 6 days ago If this the best AI has to offer, I'm not worried. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @nab626 9 days ago It is indeed a wonderful film. It would add immense value and listening pleasure if you would learn to pronounce the German names in German. I assume this is not an Ai generated voice. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @RobertMGoodman 8 days ago I would like to repeat an earlier comment that your painting accompanying the name of Gottfried Silbermann (45:50) is, in fact, that of Frederick the Great of Prussia. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @hansaniarchibald6919 7 days ago What is the organ piece being played at 11:00? Reply 2 replies @paultah1 11 days ago (edited) The Genius of Bach, but what happened to his thorough studies nights without end, music of Vivaldi ,Marcello, Buxtehude, Couperin, Rameaux, Teleman, Scarlatti, Handel, before he was ordained as Genius? No mention of that Reply @johnwight6041 8 days ago Piano teacher? 1 Reply @SebastianAnonymous-p2d 9 days ago Thank you for your reply. Could I suggest that if you have not read the books by Christof Woolf about Bach or not seen the film made a long time ago by Jean-Marie Straub that they would supplement your exciting commitment to the life and work of Bach. I will certainly follow your suggestion abut looking at the latest version. Again, there are some important insights in the work of Charles Rosen that you probably have seen/read. Also and there probably no room in your film but in philosophical terms the relation between Bach and Kant is worth thinking about. As you shown there is immense depth and breadth to Bach. Again think you. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @kalaimanidhan 8 days ago What software did you use? Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @dng88 2 weeks ago The death of Maria and no chance to say goodbye leave with us the most haunting violin solo music ever written. Strange not here. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @jimbo2629 2 weeks ago Very informative but why revert to the present tense every now and then. He died over 200 years ago. 1 Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @jsv438 7 days ago Why does it mention Bach being taught "piano"? There was no piano. I believe the narrator meant harpsichord, but that seems like an odd mistake since the word "piano" would have to have been written? I'm just wondering how that error got in there? ~JSV Reply Ray Vandenburg · 3 replies @rickblessing2447 6 days ago The guy they picked to narrate his life pronounces his last name Sebaaastion, like a sheep "baaaa"s. I like to think Johann would have gotten a laugh out of it. Reply 1 reply @volkerhl 13 days ago terrible! so much wrong!! 2 Reply @ansiedeswardt 2 weeks ago Horrible AI illustrations. FAKE. I love Bach but not this. That tokata is probably not even by him. There is Soooo much to choose from . 4 Reply @antoniobarrospelica7982 12 days ago This documentary IS terrible. Embarrassing, really. Childish in sort of bad way. 3 Reply @meijong6453 2 weeks ago Ridiculous and unforgivable to have piano playing. 5 Reply @hiltonmarlton6373 2 weeks ago Was this produced by AI? Full of gaping errors and misleading information. Not to be used for academic purposes. Like a bad TV production from the 1970s. 1 Reply @p.f.3141 9 days ago Born March 21st, not 31st. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @pascalpatrick3009 3 days ago Why, for the concerti of Vivaldi, you choose a modern piano????? non sens again. There weren't enough recordings with harpsichordists available? :) Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @igorrromanov 2 weeks ago The infant death rate is appalling. Even in such an avanced conglomerate of German speaking countries... Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @jsv438 6 days ago And AGAIN with the piano! This time they have Bach playing a PIANO! There were no pianos, Bach didn't play a piano? With all this history about him, and it seems to be accurate, WHY would they ever show him playing a piano?!! ~JSV Reply Ray Vandenburg · 3 replies @Korea4Me 2 weeks ago OMG, I can't watch this. AI rubbish again and that poor horse at the beginning... 1 Reply @YQ2138 3 weeks ago 🎄❤👏😊dankeschon Reply @nadzienka696 5 days ago Why complicate the story in German? If it weren't for the narration in English, I wouldn't be interesting to me. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @skulptor 6 days ago The horse and carriage belong in a horror film.. Reply @whukriede 12 days ago The German they let them speak is ridiculous, total failure. 1 Reply 1 reply @tonysouter8095 9 days ago (edited) "Father Ambrosius was an organist". Huh? No, a trumpeter. Please check before you start production. "Eisenbach"? That's plain stupid: "Eisenach". Why are there typos in the subtitles? Why use piano and not harpsichord, given the trouble you've gone to to recreate scenes in Bach's life? "Leipzigers set out to a PIANO concert"? The piano didn't exist. But there are some good things about this spoitl production. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @ilyamurom 14 hours ago IA à tout faire et cela se voit 😢 Mieux vaut mille fois revoir "La petite chronique d'Anna Magdalena Bach" de Straub et Huillet avec acteurs et musiciens humains, pas des fantomes-pixel. Reply @jeannebonar4268 6 days ago to show the hammers of a modern piano is ignorant he had organs clacichords harpsicords the piano was later Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @stringsandpipes7548 2 weeks ago AI is garbage 17 Reply @TheCapital101 2 weeks ago Pretty lousy 2 Reply @dng88 2 weeks ago Tbh b is a whole family tree. J S … Reply @EPeltzer 1 day ago (edited) This mostly AI generated video has some of the most bizarre and unnatural facial animations I have ever seen. Also it seems that about a dozen completely different looking AI actors portrayed Bach. Musically speaking this is not very enlightening and some of the musical selections are just jarringly wrong, though I am certainly no Bach expert. However, a fair bit of research, thought and effort went into this video and I did learn quite a bit about the man's life and career and millieu. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @BaroqueHarpsichord 2 days ago So many mistakes, where even to begin. If this is what ai has to offer then the future of humanity will be dumber than a box of rocks. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @rogerevans9666 2 weeks ago @34:51 nice looking woman Reply @zallen5833 1 day ago did you NEED to use ai art Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @md88kg 1 day ago (edited) Please English speakers, quit pronouncing this revered name as BacK, it's BacH, as in Spanish baJo, ojala, ajo, 😀 Reply @pascalpatrick3009 3 days ago The story with Louis Marchand is false. Marchand was a very great French musician and organist recognized in his country. The music and the name of J.S. Bach were unknown in France!!!! Marchand did not see the point of traveling hundreds of kilometers to face a unknown stranger. To say that he was afraid is nonsense and especially very false. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 2 replies @tomestubbs 1 day ago Metal quill pens were not around at that time. Reply Ray Vandenburg · 1 reply @chrisprior2870 5 days ago Interesting, but highly flawed and too American for my taste. Reply @tonyhauserguitarist4080 11 days ago Weird 1 Reply @white8771 10 days ago I am sure they did not use such horrible Americanisms as gotten and okay. Reply @homolix 9 days ago 4:46...it´s a mistake: it should say: "harpsichord teacher". the piano has not even been developed. there were pianofortes but that instruments were not to popular yet. 1 Reply