'During the winter months the scholars were sent out to sing in the streets', (1907). The fifteen-year-old Bach was 'amongst those scholars who were selected to sing the principal parts in the Church services in return for a free education...as was the custom during the winter months, the scholars were sent out to sing in the streets in order to collect money for their support.' An episode from the life of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). From "Story-Lives of Great Musicians", by F.J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd, London, 1907]