Evening in the Palace of Reason

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Evening in the Palace of Reason

• Musical Offering, Time Line, and Places of
  Interest

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Luneburg, home of Bach (age 15), 1700
Berlin, Monbijou Castle (Freds childhood)
Kothen, home of Bach (age 32), 1717
Leipzig, home of Bach 1723-85 (ages 38-65), 1747
(age 62)
Kustrin, Katte beheaded, 1730 (Fred, age 18)
Potsdam, court of Frederick the Great, 1747.
Ascended, 1740 (age 28). Birthplace, 1712.
Muhlhausen, home of Bach (age 22), 1707
Eisenach, birthplace of Bach, 1685
Muhlberg, court of Augustus the Strong of Saxony
Ohrdruf, home of Bach (age 9), 1694
Dresden, court of Augustus the Strong, King of
Poland, where Fred visited.
Arnstadt, home of Bach (age 18), 1703
Weimar, home of Bach (age 23), 1708
Fred, 1712-86 (74 yrs)
Bach, 1685-1750 (65 yrs)
Gaines map
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Environments in Childhood

• J. S. Bach and
• Frederick the Great

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Eisenach, Wartburg Castle
City where Bach was born, 1685
Amiens
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Frederick the Great at age 4
Pesne, Prince Friederich
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This portrait of Frederick the Great and his
sister Wilhemine dates from about 1716 when he
was about 4 years old
Pesne, Frederick
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Monbijou Palace, Berlin
Frederick the Greats childhood home (palace of
his mother Queen Sophia Dorothea)
Monbijou Palace, Charlottenburg
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Monbijou Palace, Berlin.
Oil on Canvas, 1735. Frederick, age 23
Degen
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Hunting Lodge of Frederick the Greats Father
Southeast of Berlin
Koenigs Wusterhausen Schloss
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Frederick the Great, age 24 (ca. 1735)6 years
after Katte is beheaded.
Pesne, Portrait
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Environments in Adulthood

• J. S. Bach and
• Frederick the Great

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St. Blasius Church in Mühlhausen
Bach became church organist at age 22, 1707
St. Blasius Church
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Church of St. Thomas, Leipzig
Bachs last post, as Kapellmeister (ages 38-65),
1723-1750 Wrote for 3 other churches in Leipzig
St. Paul Church, New Church, and St. Nicholas
Church Collegium Musicum Director, Univ. of
Leipzig
Frysinger
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Life changes for Frederick

• 1733, age 21, Frederick marries Elisabeth
• 1740, ascends to throne
• 1740-42, First Silesian War
• 1744-45, Second Silesian War
• 1747, meets J.S. Bach, opens Sanssouci
• 1756-63, Seven Years War
• 1778, War of the Bavarian Succession

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Frederick the Greats reign, 1740-1785
Growth of Brandenburg-Prussia
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Wife of Frederick the Great, Queen Elisabeth
Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern. Painting dates
ca. 1739.
Pesne, Elisabeth
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Rheinsberg Chateau, ca. 1740
One of Freds homes, renovated about 1740
Ekel
NW of Berlin
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Sanssouci, Potsdam final burial
Frederick the Greats summer palace and the place
where his remains were interred in 1991
Rooney
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New Palace at Sanssouci
Mehlich
Frederick the Great met Bach in 1747, just as
Sanssouci had opened.
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Voltaire is in red jacket, next to Frederick the
Great. The setting is a room in the palace at
Sanssouci.
Menzel, Voltaire
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Flute Music by Teacher of Frederick the Great

• Affettuoso, 1st movement of a Trio Sonata by
  Quantz

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Frederick the Great playing flute at a concert in
palace at Sanssouci
Menzel, Flute Concert
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Frederick the Great, age 68 (1780). Oil on canvas.
Graff
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Works Cited

• Amiens. The Wartburg in Eisenach. Photograph.
  2003. Wikimedia Commons. 9 Aug. 2005. 12 Nov.
  2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//.php?titleIma
  geWartburg_eisenach1.jpgoldid608749gt.
• Degen, Dismar. Monbijou Palace, Berlin. Oil on
  canvas. 1735. Wikimedia Commons. 28 Mar. 2007. 11
  Nov. 2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//Monbijou
  1735_2.jpggt.
• Ekel, F. C. View of Rheinsberg Chateau. Copper
  engraving. ca. 1740. Wikimedia Commons. 14 June
  2007. 12 Nov. 2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//
  .php?titleImageRheinsberg_ca1740.jpgoldid60597
  12gt.
• Frysinger, Galen R. Thomas Church, Leipzig.
  Photograph. 2004?. galenfrysinger.com. 25 Oct.
  2007 lthttp//www.galenfrysinger.com/_thomas_church
  .htmgt.
• Gaines, James R. Evening in the Palace of Reason.
  New York City Harper, 2005.
• Graff, Anton. Friedrich II. (the Great), King of
  Prussia, aged 68. Oil on canvas. 1781. Schloss
  Charlottenburg, Berlin. Wikimedia Commons. 21 May
  2007. 12 Nov. 2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//
  .php?titleImageFryderyk_2.jpgoldid5748547gt.
• Growth of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1600-1795.
  Drawing. Wikimedia Commons. 15 Sept. 2007. 12
  Nov. 2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//.php?titl
  eImageAcprussiamap2.gifoldid7552312gt.
• Koenigs Wusterhausen Schloss. Photograph. 2005.
  Wikemedia Commons. 29 Aug. 2005. 11 Nov. 2007
  lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//.php?titleImageKo
  enigs_Wusterhausen_Schloss.jpgoldid6272568gt.
• Mehlich, Jan Maksymilian. New Palace in Sanssouci
  park (Postdam, Germany). Photograph. 2007.
  Wikimedia Commons. 4 Nov. 2007. 12 Nov. 2007
  lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//.php?titleImageSa
  nssouci_-_Nowy_PaC582ac_02.jpgoldid8346106gt.

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Works Cited (continued)

• Menzel, Adolph Von. Flute Concert by Frederick
  the Great in Sanssouci. Oil on canvas. ca.
  1850-52. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Wikemedia
  Commons. 20 May 2005. 11 Nov. 2007
  lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//.php?titleImageAd
  olf_Friedrich_Erdmann_von_Menzel_023.jpgoldid562
  7030gt.
• - - -. Voltaire in the Court of Frederick the
  Great. Painting. ca. 1750. Nationalgalerie,
  Berlin. Wikemedia Commons. 12 May 2007. 11 Nov.
  2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//.php?titleIma
  geAdolph-von-Menzel-Tafelrunde.jpgoldid5626924gt
  .
• Monbijou Palace, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Giclee
  print of a drawing. German School. Art.com.
  2007. 25 Oct. 2007 lthttp//www.art.com//asp/?_/-CO
  NF/-669093356/-504682/-0/-12061805/.htmgt.
• Pesne, Antoine. Elisabeth Christine von
  Braunschweig-Bevern, Wife of Frederick the Great.
  Oil on canvas. ca. 1739. Wikimedia Commons. 4
  Sept. 2006. 12 Nov. 2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia
  .org//.php?titleImageKoningin_elisabeth_christin
  e.jpgoldid2901391gt.
• - - -. Frederick the Great with Sister
  Wilhelmine. Oil on canvas. ca. 1716. Wikimedia
  Commons. 23 Sept. 2007. 12 Nov. 2007
  lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//.php?titleImageFr
  ederik_de_Grote_en_Wilhelmine.jpgoldid7671186gt.

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Works Cited (continued)

• Pesne, Antoine. Portrait of the Young Friedrich
  II of Prussia. Painting. 1736. Wikemedia Commons.
  3 Nov. 2007. 11 Nov. 2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedi
  a.org//.php?titleImageFriedrichIIvonPreussenPesn
  e1736.jpgoldid8333714gt.
• - - -. Prince Friederich Wilhelm of Prussia, age
  4. Painting. 1716. Wikimedia Commons. 1 Nov.
  2007. 12 Nov. 2007 lthttp//commons.wikimedia.org//
  .php?titleImageAntoine_Pesne_3B_Prinz_Friederic
  h_Wilhelm_von_Preussen.jpgoldid8295773gt.
• Rooney, Hugh. Sans Souci, the Summer Palace of
  Prussian King Frederick the Great. Photograph.
  n.d. Corbis. MSN.com. 2007. MSN Encarta. 9 Nov.
  2007 lthttp//encarta.msn.com/_461541484_761567792_
  -1_1/_Souci_Potsdam.htmlgt.
• St. Blasius Church in Mühlhausen. Painting?.
  n.d. Nau.edu. 1996. Northern Arizona University,
  Flagstaff. 25 Oct. 2007 lthttp//jan.ucc.nau.edu/
  ?tas3/.htmlgt.