Missing Bach score found in Japan

[Steve Bildermann]

A lost musical score by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach has been found in Japan. The 1728 Wedding Cantata, which had been missing for 80 years, was found among the papers of the late Japanese pianist Chieko Hara, who died in 2001.

The eight-page handwritten composition contains soprano and alto parts with German lyrics. Researchers at the Kunitachi College of Music authenticated the score, and hailed the find as invaluable.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

[Taro Toporific]

A lost musical score by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach has been found in Japan. The 1728 Wedding Cantata, which had been missing for 80 years, was found among the papers of the late Japanese pianist Chieko Hara, who died in 2001.

The real news was uncovered by Kyodo Press, was that the "late Japanese pianist Chieko Hara" was actually a beguiling transexual.

Missing Bach original piece found after 80 years
TACHIKAWA, Japan (Kyodo) April 4
....part of a musical score composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), which had been missing for about 80 years but has been found among the possessions of the late Japanese pianist Chieko Hara, at his school in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on April 3.