Cöthen court

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princely court residence

The Cöthen court was the princely residence of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen, renowned as the place where Johann Sebastian Bach composed many of his important instrumental works.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	princely court → residence →
associatedEra	Baroque period →
associatedWith	Johann Sebastian Bach →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
employed	Johann Sebastian Bach →
employedAsKapellmeister	Johann Sebastian Bach →
employedPosition	Kapellmeister →
governedBy	House of Ascania →
hasAlternativeName	Court of Anhalt-Cöthen → Köthen court →
hasArtisticDiscipline	composition → instrumental performance → music →
hasComposerInResidence	Johann Sebastian Bach →
hasCourtChapel	Cöthen court chapel →
hasCulturalHeritage	Bach’s instrumental works →
hasEmployer	Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen →
hasGenreSupported	chamber music → instrumental concerto → keyboard music → sonata → suite →
hasMonarch	Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen →
hasRole	musical center →
historicalSignificance	major center for Bach’s instrumental output →
knownFor	Bach’s chamber music → Bach’s instrumental compositions → Bach’s keyboard music → Bach’s orchestral works →
languageOfCourt	German →
locatedIn	Anhalt-Cöthen → Köthen →
musicFocus	instrumental music → secular music →
notableWorkComposedThere	Brandenburg Concertos → Cello Suites → Orchestral suites (Bach) → Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin → The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I →
partOf	Principality of Anhalt-Cöthen NERFINISHED →
patronageStyle	secular court patronage →
patronOf	Johann Sebastian Bach → instrumental music →
religionOfRuler	Calvinism →
residenceOf	Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen →
ruledBy	Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen →
timePeriod	early 18th century →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cöthen court ("Köthen court") → Cöthen court ("Court of Anhalt-Cöthen") →	hasAlternativeName
Johann Sebastian Bach →	employer
Cöthen court ("Cöthen court chapel") →	hasCourtChapel