Bach wore a dagger to defend against of angry students

The combination of great talent and terrible nature sometimes becomes dangerous for the surrounding lyudey

Johann Sebastian Bach is widely known because of two facts of his biography: his career as one of the most prolific composers and his a heavy nature. In fact, his character was so horrible that in his youth he had to carry a knife to protect themselves from the young people he was irritated.

When he was 20 years old, the church hired Bach to lead the church choir and ensemble. Most of the musicians were older than him, and Bach was very difficult to convince them to listen to him. It really was a problem, because they all played their instruments are not as good as thought, and probably benefited from the leadership of the future, "the greatest composer of all timeĀ».

Frustrated by his lack of skill students, Bach poured their mud at every opportunity, which, of course, frustrating many of them. So how many students Bach brought out of yourself? Well, the disciples so often haunted by Bach on the street that he had to take with a small dagger on the belt every time you leave the house. Just imagine Bach was so terrible a teacher that really was ready to stab his student in the stomach!

While we do not know whether Bach used his knife in self-defense, while working choirmaster, we know that one day he tried to hit them bassoonist. Nevertheless, he was able to deftly dodge the fierce blow and answer it, knocking burly composer and inflicting several blows to the head. After these two differing and calmed, it became clear that Bach is constantly humiliated and insulted bassoonist his style of play.

Bach, a kind of eternal optimist who did not realize that offended someone, and then tried to hit him if he answered in this story was put in a bad light and quickly turned to the church to bassoonist punished for what he allowed imagine the audacity to call names of Bach. It did not shock anyone, and the composer was advised calm and patient with his disciples.

via factroom.ru

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