Bach FAQ 55
Did Bach Ever Throw His Wig After Someone?..
Perhaps ... Johann Sebastian Bach is said to have once thrown his wig at one of his students..
However, we must realize what an extraordinary genius he was dealing with his students. These were students who, according to Bach’s own remarks, could not even sing a single note correctly. Add to that the students’ lack of interest in class and their willful disruption, as was the case back then in Arnstadt with the student Geyersbach, whom Bach, however, called only a “Zippelfagottist” ... then we can imagine that even the calmest person, the calmest teacher, would eventually “lose his temper.”..
If genius and indifference are so far apart, we must also not overlook what Bach threw in his anger. A wig. Not a baton, not an instrument, his shoe, or a cell phone … no, it was a wig that was relatively incapable of flying. To me, this “outburst” points more to the highly developed, usually relaxed self-control of a master musician than to a hot-tempered person. After all, we can flatly rule out the possibility that Bach didn’t know his wig wasn’t the best projectile. To me, it’s simply a story that – precisely because there is so little known about Bach as a private person – contributes far too much to the portrayal of Bach as hot-headed..
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