2-720-393 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Gazing At Its Covers Through the Lattice Doors of the Cupboard', (1907). The ten-year-old Bach looking at sheet music locked away by his older brother: 'For several days past he had spent hours in his brother's absence gazing at its covers through the lattice doors of the cupboard, and feasting his eyes upon the names of the musicians which were written on the back in bold letters in Christoph's hand.' An episode from the life of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). From "Story-Lives of Great Musicians", by F.J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd, London, 1907]