He then studied musicology at the University of Leipzig and later became a staff member of the music department of the Saxon State Library in Dresden as well as of the cultural editorial staff of the Sächsisches Tageblatt [de].
The composition was completed in 1749, the year before Bach's death, and was to a large extent based on earlier work, such as a Sanctus Bach had composed in 1724.
The Book of Esther (Hebrew: מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר, romanized: Megillat Ester; Greek: Ἐσθήρ; Latin: Liber Esther), also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("the Megillah"), is a book in the third section (Ketuvim, כְּתוּבִים "Writings") of the Hebrew…
Han anses vara kontrapunktens store mästare, som sammansmälter sina föregångares stilar och tendenser. [2 ] Han hade också en för tiden ovanlig internationell utblick.