We have a list of them.
Most of the books themselves were lost.
But not all of them.
Fortunately the book that for Bach was the most important, his three-volume Bible, has been preserved and found its way to a library in St. Louis, USA.
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On each title pageBach's signature and date: 1733. |
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Handwritten note by Bach on 1 Chronicles 25"NB. This chapter is the true foundation of all God-pleasing church music." |
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Handwritten note by Bach on 1 Chronicles 28:21"NB. Splendid proof that, besides other arrangements of the service of worship, music too was instituted by the Spirit of God through David." |
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Handwritten note by Bach on 2 Chronicles 5:13"NB. Where there is devotional music, God is always present with his grace." |
