Bach finally comes home as Eisenach reclaims composer
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German city of Eisenach is now launching a campaign to publicise its association with the most famous of all baroque musicians...JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH... after decades during which the composer was hijacked by various ideologies, including nazism and communism. It rankles with the Eisenachers that his name is so little associated with the place. "You hear the name Salzburg, and you immediately think of Mozart," said the museum's marketing manager Silvia Hochkirch. "My life's aim is to ensure that Eisenach is one day similarly connected in minds across the world with Bach."
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