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Bach's eyesight began to deteriorate during his last year, and in March and April 1750 he was twice operated on by the itinerant English oculist John Taylor. The operations and the treatment that followed them may have hastened Bach's death. He took final communion on 22 July and died six days later. On 31 July he was buried at St John's cemetery. His widow survived him for ten years, dying in poverty in 1760.
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In 1750, Bach's eyesight began to deteriorate and he had operations and treatment. In Leipzig, July 28, 1750, Bach had a stroke that came with a severe fever. He died that evening at the age of sixty-five. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery.
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Weimar was quite a small town with only 5000 inhabitants; yet Bach was to meet some very cultured people here. Not least was his employer, the Duke of Sachsen-Weimar, one of the most distinguished and cultured nobles of his time.
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Well Tempered Clavier - Book 1 By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Carl Czerny (1791-1857). Collection for solo piano. Includes first 24 preludes and fugues from the Well Tempered Clavier. 119 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc. (HL.50252030)
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At the same time, Bach wrote a complete Mass in B Minor, which incorporated newly composed movements with portions from earlier works. Although the mass was never performed during the composer's lifetime, it is considered to be among the greatest of his choral works.
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Bach is considered by many people to have been the greatest composer in the history of Western music. Bach's main achievement lies in his synthesis and advanced development of the primary contrapuntal idiom of the late Baroque, and in the basic tunefulness of his thematic material.
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