Bach At Thanksgiving

After posting an ad featuring Bach played on a giant xylophone set up in the forest, I heard Miles Hoffman describe why he would invite J.S. to his Thanksgiving Dinner:

Bach would be No 1. There's only one authenticated portrait of Bach, and that's one where he's in a powdered wig and looks very dour. Yet he fathered 20 children; he got into a sword fight — a very temperamental guy. And we know from letters that he drank a lot of beer, so I think that probably he was pretty jolly, actually. So I'd just like to find out what he was really like.

Ideally, I would put Mendelssohn next to Bach. It would give Bach a chance to thank Mendelssohn, who was born almost 60 years after Bach died, because Mendelssohn was a big Bach fan and was almost single-handedly responsible for the revival of interest in Bach's music, especially Bach's great choral works. And I'm sure Bach would be interested to hear some of Mendelssohn's music too. Mendelssohn was, without question, the greatest child-prodigy composer ever. He was also generally brilliant, extremely well-read, and by all accounts just an incredibly nice guy. Plus, he spoke English

That sounds fun. 20 kids, a sword fight and lots of beer. Sounds even more entertaining than anybody at our family Thanksgiving.  And I won't even discuss some of the conversations at our dinner table.