“In Enlightenment Europe, the ‘coffee shop’ played an important role in the diffusion of new ideas, which could not find expression in the salons of the aristocracy or in church. In Leipzig, one of city’s eight such establishments received a collegium musicum for a weekly concert. Assuming responsibility in 1729, for twelve years or so, contributing music for the performances was Johann Sebastian Bach’s main task.”

Notes: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtQUPO-wzfPggyc1dNtolM5rbiyC

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