▁German ▁territory , ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁money ▁converting ▁his ▁house ▁in ▁Eisen ach ▁into ▁a ▁museum ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁which , ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁included ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 ▁instruments ▁from ▁Bach ' s ▁life . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁this ▁museum ▁received ▁more ▁than ▁ 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁visitors . ▁ ▁In ▁Leipzig , ▁an ▁enorm ous ▁archive ▁with ▁record ings ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁Bach ' s ▁music ▁was ▁compiled , ▁along ▁with ▁many ▁historical ▁documents ▁and ▁letters ▁both ▁to ▁and ▁from ▁him . ▁Werner ▁Ne umann ▁founded ▁the ▁Bach - Arch iv ▁Leipzig ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁ ▁Every ▁second ▁year , ▁school ▁children ▁from ▁across ▁East ▁Germany ▁gathered ▁for ▁a ▁Bach ▁competition ▁held ▁in ▁East ▁Berlin . ▁Every ▁four ▁years ▁an ▁international ▁Bach ▁competition ▁for ▁keyboard ▁and ▁strings ▁was ▁held . ▁ ▁Th oman er chor ▁registered ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Bach ' s ▁works . ▁ ▁Rec ording ▁establish ments ▁There ▁were ▁state ▁recording ▁companies . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Ernst ▁Bus ch ▁established ▁E tern a ▁Records ▁for ▁classical , ▁folk , ▁jazz ▁and ▁church ▁music . ▁ ▁For ▁popular ▁music ▁there ▁was ▁Am iga ▁Records . ▁These ▁operations ▁became ▁state - direct ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁ ▁Visual ▁art ▁Art ists ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁" Ver band ▁Bild ender ▁Künstler ▁der ▁DDR ". ▁ ▁Visual ▁propag anda ▁ ▁Political ▁propag anda ▁sh aped ▁G