ETHNOMUS 60 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Counterpoint, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Sensitive Style
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Cantata papers will be turned in with the hard copy in section. Hired by bach"s sons, bach was going blind with cataracts. Believe infection would be incurred with pigeon poo and rotten apple pieces were stitched in wounds. Needle put into lens of eyes and cataract broken into pieces. Small wound made next to eyes and rotten apple piece stitched in. Eyes packed with pigeon stools and ground tree root, then bandaged. After the surgery, bach suffered immense pain both in body and in the eyes, probably due to badly treated post-surgery complications. Bach exclaimed that he had gained a full recovery and could see completely when the bandage was taken off after three months. However, bach suffered an apoplectic fit just within a few hours of his claim, leading many to believe that he was hallucinating. Last piece he wrote, dictated the organ prelude to his son.
