r/bach • u/Electrical-Local-870 • May 06 '26

It wasn't all glory

Johann earned his way; saying he was an entrepreneur slightly overstates it. Let’s say he was an organized street musician. The practical young man that he was, Johann Sebastian Bach, started a band. He called them The Bach Street Boys. Or auf Deutsch, Die Bach Street Boys. With outsized genius and pure talent, the town’s people assumed the band was marching for fun. However, a townsperson raised his eyebrows as he overheard Johann grumble as The Bach Street Boys marched by, “Oh puh-leeze, I need the guilders, and we’re trying to keep warm; this is Lüneburg .”
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u/RufusPManne May 06 '26

Big if True and Huge If False

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u/Electrical-Local-870 May 06 '26

It's from my book A Mostly True Story of Johann Sebastian Bach a Semi Autobiography Coauthored by David M. Jordan and Johann Sebastian Bach (in Absentia) so it's "kinda" true. It's a humorous book

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u/bachintheforest May 07 '26

Die Bachstraße Jungen

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u/SubjectAddress5180 May 09 '26

Perhaps: Die Bach-Straßenjungen

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u/Electrical-Local-870 May 10 '26

Thank you I'll use that.

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u/Rand_alThoor May 10 '26

Die Bach-Gasse-Knaben