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Weimar, Germany - The oldest known manuscripts of Johann Sebastian Bach - handwritten copies of works by two other composers - have been discovered in a library that was heavily damaged in a fire two years ago, researchers said Thursday.
The two manuscripts date from around 1700 and contain copies Bach made of organ music composed by Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Adam Reinken, said Hellmut Seemann, president of the Foundation of Weimar Classics.
Researchers found the documents in the archives of the Duchess Anna Amalia library in Weimar, where a previously unknown aria by Bach was discovered last year.
A restorer points to the signature of Johann Sebastian Bach on an original handwritten music script of the composer. The document, along with another script recently recovered in the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Germany, dates around 1700 and is classified as the oldest handwritten music script of Bach. |
