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36: 142: 381:(BWV 1046–1051) to him. The concerti were never played in Christian Ludwig's lifetime, as they were considered too difficult for the court musicians to play. They were sold upon his death and placed in an attic, until discovered by a servant in 1849, who was cleaning it out. 53: 747: 302: 233: 692: 340:, known as the "Soldier King", who enlisted large financial resources to build up the Prussian Army. Nevertheless, Christian Ludwig, interested in the musical works of 17: 100: 570: 375:
in 1719, the composer met with the music-loving margrave. Bach appreciated Christian Ludwig's interest in his compositions and two years later dedicated his
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garrison and commander of the Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No.7. He also acted as administrator of the secularised Prussian
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principle the rule over Brandenburg-Prussia passed to Frederick William's first-born son, Crown Prince
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Even in Brandenburg-Schwedt, however, he had to accept the prerogative of his eldest brother Margrave
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Margrave Christian Ludwig died without heirs in Malchow. He is buried in the Hohenzollern crypt of
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which his mother had acquired to provide for her sons, while according to the Hohenzollern
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Christian Ludwig wearing the red tunic of his Infantry Regiment, painting by
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From 1695 Margrave Christian Ludwig served as a general lieutenant at the
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for his merits. When Johann Sebastian Bach was sent to Berlin by Prince
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Ancestors of Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt
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Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlĂĽcksburg
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Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlĂĽcksburg
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Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlĂĽcksburg
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Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlĂĽcksburg
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Antoine Pesne
Berlin
Brandenburg
Malchow
Berlin Cathedral
House
Hohenzollern
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlĂĽcksburg
Margrave
House of Hohenzollern
Margrave
Brandenburg-Schwedt
Prussian Army
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg concertos
Berlin

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