CHAPTER II

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1685-1708.

His Youth and Apprenticeship—in an orchestra at Weimar—and as organist at Arnstadt and Muehlhausen:—Marriage 14

_Early Compositions chiefly for Organ and Clavichord_ 21-42

## CHAPTER III .

1708-1717.

Organist and Concertmeister at Weimar 29

_The Organ Works_ 37-42

## CHAPTER IV .

1717-1723.

Capellmeister at Coethen: Second Marriage 43

_The Works for Clavichord, Chamber, and Orchestra_ 51-56

## CHAPTER V .

1723-1730.

Cantor at Leipzig: the Music of Bach’s Household 58

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