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    3. Frederick the Great of Prussia

    A few months after graduation, Emanuel was appointed to the court of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, later Frederick the Great. Upon Frederick's accession in 1740, Bach became a member of the royal orchestra. He was by this time one of the foremost keyboard players in Europe.

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