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nearby Ohrdruf. There, he copied, studied and performed music, and apparently received valuable
teaching from his brother, who instructed him on the clavichord. J.C. Bach exposed him to the
works of the great South German composers of the day, such as Johann Pachelbel (under whom
Johann Christoph had studied) and Johann Jakob Froberger; possibly to the music of North German
composers; to Frenchmen, such as Jean-Baptiste Lully, Louis Marchand, Marin Marais; and to the
Italian clavierist Girolamo Frescobaldi. The young Bach probably witnessed and assisted in the
maintenance of the organ music. Bach's obituary indicates that he copied music out of Johann
Christoph's scores, but his brother had apparently forbidden him to do so, possibly because scores
were valuable and private commodities at the time.
At the age of 14, Bach, along with his older school friend George Erdmann, was awarded a choral
scholarship to study at the prestigious St
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