In the notes to Bach at Leipzig, Itamar Moses notes that the audition to replace Johann Kuhnau at the Thomaskirche really did take place. In 1722, Kuhnau died, and organists from around Germany came to Leipzig to audition for the post. Telemann was the first choice, Graupner the second, and when they both refused, Johann Sebastian Bach was offered the position of Kantor. Everything else in the play, according to Moses, is made up.
The play first premiered at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York, in July 2002. In November of 2005, Bach at Leipzig had its New York City premiere at the New
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