The library holds a large number of scores and books dedicated to JS Bach. This is due in a large part to the late Dr. Anne Leahy, a former lecturer in the Conservatoire and distinguished Bach scholar. In 2010, Anne’s family donated her personal library to the college. The Anne Leahy collection, the vast bulk of which is concerned with J S Bach is housed in the reference room of the library. One of the more unusual books in this collection is a reprint of Susanna Eger’s Leipziger Kochbuch published originally in 1706 (and 1712 and 1745). As Johann Sebastian Bach was Cantor in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig from 1723 until his death in 1750, it is possible a copy of this book may have resided in the Bach household! If not, he was probably familiar at least with some of the dishes (maybe the snail soup).
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