The Bach Family (not including JSB)

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The Bach Family (not including JSB)

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There's no doubt that the family Bach was the most influentual of all time. Grove lists a great number (see below).

I'm kicking off this thread with something courtesy of Sibley https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1 and just released here http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Bach,_Johann_Christian on IMSLP (so I won't include the scores here) but this is the first time I've seen piano concertos (in this case op.7 in D and E) by Johann Christian Bach.

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (46) (b Weimar, 8 March 1714; d Hamburg, 14 Dec 1788). Son of Johann Sebastian Bach (24); see §III (9) below.

Caspar Bach (3/a) (b c1580; d ?Arnstadt, Sept 1642–1644). Son of Veit (1). He is mentioned as a Stadtpfeifer in Gotha in 1619 and as a court and town musician in Arnstadt from 1620; on 23 October 1621 he received the sum of 1 gulden to buy a bassoon (‘Dulcian’). As Hausmann (director of the town music) he lived in the so-called Neideckturm (the tower of Schloss Neideck, Arnstadt). In 1633 he left the count's service (as a result of the Thirty Years War the court could no longer afford his salary) and bought a house in the Jacobsgasse. Nothing is known about his subsequent activities.

Caspar Bach (3/54) (b c1605). Son of Caspar (3/a). He was trained as a musician (violinist) at the courts of Bayreuth (1621–3) and Dresden (1623) at the expense of the Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt. In 1623 the court paid him 38 gulden for three months' educational and living expenses and for instruments, and on 11 October 1625 he signed a receipt in Arnstadt for the sum of 1 reichsthaler. He is thought to have gone to Italy, and from this point no more is known about him.

Christoph Bach (5) (b Wechmar, 19 April 1613; d Arnstadt, 12 Sept 1661). Son of Johann (2) and grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach (24). He was in the princely service and a court musician in Weimar, then from 1642 a town musician in Erfurt and from 1654 court and town musician in Arnstadt. A musical entry by him in the album of Georg Friedrich Reimann, Kantor in Saalfeld, survives (BJb 1928, 175).

Ernst Carl Gottfried Bach (73) (b Ohrdruf, 12 Jan 1738; d Ohrdruf, 24 June 1801). Son of Johann Christoph (42). He was Kantor in Wechmar, 1765–72, then Kantor at the Michaeliskirche in Ohrdruf.

Ernst Christian Bach (74) (b Ohrdruf, 26 Sept 1747; d Wechmar, 29 Sept 1822). Son of Johann Christoph (42). He was Kantor in Wechmar, 1773–1819.

Georg Christoph Bach (10) (b Erfurt, 6 Sept 1642; d Schweinfurt, 27 April 1697). Son of Christoph (5). He was trained in music at Arnstadt , and was evidently academically gifted; he attended the Gymnasium Casimiranum in Coburg (1663–5) and Leipzig University (1665–6). In 1668 he became Kantor and organist in Themar, and from 1688 he was Kantor at St Johannis in Schweinfurt, where his uncles Johann (4) and Heinrich Bach (6) had been organists. A vocal concerto by him survives: Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist es for two tenors, bass, violin, three gambas and continuo (ed. in EDM, 1st ser., ii (1935) and in Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben, ser. A.4 (Stuttgart, c1976)). It was composed on his 47th birthday, evidently for performance with his brothers, the twins Ambrosius (11) and Christoph (12), probably at some family gathering. A Schweinfurt inventory of 1689 (see Wollny, 1997) lists four other vocal works: Gott ist unser Zuversicht, Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, Wie lieblich sind auf den Bergen and Wohl her, lasset uns wohl leben.

Georg Friedrich Bach (b Tann, 17 March 1793; d Iserlohn, 2 Oct 1860). Not a member of the Wechmar line, he was a son of Johann Michael (see §III (13) below). A flautist, he deserted from Napoleon's army and went to Sweden, where he became music teacher to the crown prince (later Oskar I). On returning to Germany he taught music in Elberfeld and Iserlohn. Several manuscript keyboard compositions and a harmony manual by him survive (D-EIb).

Georg Michael Bach (66) (b Ruhla, 27 Sept 1703; d Halle, 18 Feb 1771). Son of Johann Jacob (3/60). From 1732 he was Kantor at the Ulrichskirche in Halle, adn from 1747 he taught at the Lutheran Gymnasium.

Gottfried Heinrich Bach (48) (b Leipzig, 26 Feb 1724; d Naumburg, bur. 12 Feb 1763). Eldest son of Johann Sebastian (24) and Anna Magdalena Bach. Although he was mentally handicapped, he was evidently a good keyboard player and, according to his half-brother Carl Philipp Emanuel (46), showed ‘a great genius, which however failed to develop’. From 1750 he lived with his brother-in-law J.C. Altnickol in Naumburg.

Gottlieb Friedrich Bach (68) (b Meiningen, 10 Sept 1714; d Meiningen, 25 Feb 1785). Son of Johann Ludwig (3/64). He was court organist and painter (Kabinettsmaler) in Meiningen.

Hans [Hanns, Johann] Bach (b Andelsbuch, Vorarlberg, c1555; d Nürtingen, 1 Dec 1615). Not a member of the Wechmar line; see §III(1) below.

Hans [Johann(es)] Bach (2) (b c1580; d Wechmar, 26 Dec 1626). Son of Veit (1). In the funeral sermon for his youngest son Heinrich (6) he is described as a ‘musician and carpetmaker’, and he was the earliest member of the family known to have been a professional musician. According to the Ursprung, he trained as a Stadpfeifer in Gotha and later settled in Wechmar, from where he travelled as a musician to various Thuringian towns, including Gotha, Arnstadt, Erfurt, Eisenach, Schmalkalden and Suhl. He married Anna Schmied of Wechmar in about 1602, and after his father's death took over his business and property. In the Wechmar register of deaths he appears as ‘Hanss Bach ein Spielmann’.

Heinrich Bach (3/56) (b Gotha, c1609; d Arnstadt, bur. 27 May 1635). Son of Caspar (3/a). He is mentioned in the deaths register as blind, and is therefore probably the musician educated in Italy and mentioned in the Ursprung as ‘blind Jonas’ because of his adventurous experiences, in allusion to the biblical figure of Jonah.

Heinrich Bach (6) (b Wechmar, 16 Sept 1615; d Arnstadt, 10 July 1692). Son of Hans (2). He was taught music by his father and his eldest brother Johann (4); his first appointment as town musician and organist of St Johannis in Schweinfurt cannot be dated precisely, but was about 1629–34. In 1636 he went to Erfurt (probably to stay with his eldest brother; there is no evidence that he held any particular appointment there), and in 1641 he became a court and town musician in Arnstadt, where he was also organist of the Liebfrauenkirche. The printed funeral sermon delivered by J.G. Olearius (Arnstadt, 1692; the biographical sections repr. in BJb 1995, 101–2) describes him as an ‘organist who touched the heart’ and a ‘musicus practicus famous for his art’, as well as a composer of ‘chorales, motets, concertos, fugues and the like’. A vocal concerto, Ich danke dir, Gott (1681), for five voices, 2 violins, 2 violas and continuo (EDM, 1st ser., ii (1935)), three organ chorales (ed. D. Hellmann, Orgelwerke der Familie Bach (Leipzig, 1967)) and two sonatas for two violins, two violas and continuo (ed. in Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben, ser. A.3 (Stuttgart, c1998)) are extant. The Lüneburg inventory of 1696 lists another vocal work, the ten-part Als der Tag der Pfingsten erfüllet war, now lost.

Johann(es) Bach (3/57) (b Gotha, c1612; d Arnstadt, bur. 9 Dec 1632). Son of Caspar (3/a). He was a town musician in Arnstadt.

Johann(es) Bach (4) (b Wechmar, 26 Nov 1604; d Erfurt, bur. 13 May 1673). Son of Hans (2). After spending five years as an apprentice and two years as a journeyman to the Stadtpfeifer Johann Christoph Hoffmann in Suhl, he became a town musician in 1633 and from 1634 was organist of St Johannis in Schweinfurt. In 1635 he was appointed town musician in Erfurt and on 16 April 1636 organist of the Predigerkirche there. In 1649, while he was still organist, the church acquired the largest and finest organ in Erfurt, built by Ludwig Compenius. Johann Bach's first wife, Barbara, was the daughter of his master Hoffmann; the marriage was childless and in 1639, after her early death, he married Hedwig Lämmerhirt, daughter of the prosperous and influential Erfurt councillor Valentin Lämmerhirt. Two motets have been ascribed to Johann Bach: Unser Leben ist ein Schatten for two sopranos, alto, two tenors and bass, with a three-part echo choir and Sei nun wieder zufrieden for double chorus, as well as an aria, Weint nicht um meinen Tod, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and continuo (EDM, 1st ser., i (1935)). See S. Orth: ‘Neues über den Stammvater der “Erfurter” Bache, Johann Bach’ (Mf, ix (1956), 447–50); S. Orth, ‘Johann Bach, der Stammvater der Erfurter Bache’ (BJb 1973, 79–87); and Brück (1990).

Johann Bach (59) (b Themar, 1621; d Lehnstedt, 12 Sept 1686). Son of Andreas Bach, a councillor in Themar. He was Kantor in Ilmenau and a deacon there from 1668. In 1680 he became a pastor in Lehnstedt.

Johann(es) Bach: see also under Hans Bach above.

Johann Aegidius Bach (8) (b Erfurt, bap. 11 Feb 1645; d Erfurt, bur. 22 Nov 1716). Son of Johann (4). He was taught music by his father, and in 1671 was a violinist in the Erfurt town music, becoming its director in 1682. From 1674 he also held the post of organist at the Kaufmannskirche in Erfurt, and was appointed organist of the Michaeliskirche in 1690. His pupils, besides his sons and nephews, included J.G. Walther.

Johann Aegidius Bach (36) (b Erfurt, bap. 4 Aug 1709; d Gross-Monra, nr Kölleda, 17 May 1746). Son of Johann Christoph (19). He was Kantor of Gross-Monra.

Johann Ambrosius Bach (11) (b Erfurt, 22 Feb 1645; d Eisenach, 20 Feb 1695). Son of Christoph (5), twin brother of Johann Christoph (12) and father of Johann Sebastian (24). On 8 April 1668 he married Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (b Erfurt, 24 Feb 1644; d Eisenach, 1 May 1694), daughter by his second marriage of the late Valentin Lämmerhirt, councillor of Erfurt. She was the half-sister of Hedwig, wife of Johann Bach (4). Ambrosius was first a Stadtpfeifer in Arnstadt, then from 1667 a violinist in the Erfurt town music, and from 1671 court musician and director of the town music in Eisenach. The town chronicler of Eisenach, Georg Dressel, said of this outstanding and versatile musician, ‘In 1672 the new Hausmann [director of the town music] made music at Easter with organ, violins, voices, trumpets and kettledrums, something no Kantor or director is known to have done before in the history of Eisenach’. When, in1684, he was offered the post of director of the town music in Erfurt the Duke of Eisenach was unwilling to let him go, and he had to decline the offer. A portrait of Johann Ambrosius in oils, painted after 1671, is extant (D-Bsb). See F. Rollberg: ‘Johann Ambrosius Bach, Stadtpfeifer zu Eisenach von 1671–1695’, BJb 1927, 133–52; C. Freyse, ‘Das Porträt Ambrosius Bach’, BJb 1959, 149–55.

Johann Andreas Bach (44) (b Ohrdruf, 7 Sept 1713; d Ohrdruf, 25 Oct 1779). Son of Johann Christoph (22). He was an oboist in the military band in Gotha in 1733. From 1738 he was organist of the Trinitatiskirche in Ohrdruf, and from 1743 of the Michaeliskirche in the same town. He owned the so-called Andreas Bach Buch (see Johann Christoph Bach (22) below), one of the main sources for the early organ and keyboard works of Johann Sebastian (24).

Johann Balthasar Bach (63) (b Eisenach, 4 March 1673; d Eisenach, ?5 April 1691). Son of Johann Ambrosius (11). He was apprenticed to his father as a Stadtpfeifer. (Not included in the Ursprung.)

Johann Bernhard Bach (18) (b Erfurt, bap. 25 Nov 1676; d Eisenach, 11 June 1749). Son of Johann Aegidius (8); see §III (5) below.

Johann Bernard Bach (41) (b Ohrdruf, 24 Nov 1700; d Ohrdruf, 12 June 1743). Son of Johann Christoph (22). He studied with Johann Sebastian (24) in Weimar and Köthen in 1715–19, and was organist of the Michaeliskirche, Ohrdruf, from 1721. Spitta mentions two harpsichord works by him (now lost), a suite in E and a sonata in B.

Johann Christian Bach (7) (b Erfurt, bap. 17 Aug 1640; d Erfurt, bur. 1 July 1682). Son of Johann (4). He was taught music by his father in Erfurt and by his cousin Johann Christoph (12) in Eisenach, and became director of the Erfurt town music in 1666 or 1667.

Johann Christian Bach (32) (b Erfurt, bap. 31 March 1696). Son of Johann Christoph (17). He worked as a musician in Sondershausen.

Johann Christian Bach (50) (b Leipzig, 5 Sept 1735; d London, 1 Jan 1782). Son of Johann Sebastian (24); see §III (12) below.

Johann Christian Bach (69) (b Halle, 23 July 1743; d Halle, 20 June 1814). Son of Georg Michael (66). He studied in Halle with Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (45), who gave him the autograph of Johann Sebastian's Clavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann. He was a teacher at the Pädagogium (preparatory school) in Halle and is known as the ‘Clavier-Bach’.

Johann Christoph Bach (13) (b Arnstadt, bap. 8 Dec 1642; d Eisenach, bur. 2 April 1703). Son of Heinrich (6); see §III (2) below.

Johann Christoph Bach (12) (b Erfurt, 22 Feb 1645; d Arnstadt, bur. 28 Aug 1693). Son of Christoph (5). In 1666 he was a town musician in Erfurt, and from 1671 was a court and town musician (violinist) in Arnstadt.

Johann Christoph Bach (22) (b Erfurt, 16 June 1671; d Ohrdruf, 22 Feb 1721). Son of Johann Ambrosius (11). He studied in Erfurt in 1685–8 with Johann Pachelbel, and in 1688 was briefly organist of the Thomaskirche in Erfurt. He then deputized for his sick uncle and godfather Heinrich Bach (6) in Arnstadt, was organist of the Michaeliskirche in Ohrdruf from 1690, and from 1700 also taught at the Lyceum there. In 1696 he declined an invitation to succeed Pachelbel as town organist in Gotha, evidently made on Pachelbel's own recommendation. In 1695–1700 Johann Christoph taught his younger brother Johann Sebastian (24), who lived at his house in Ohrdruf after his parents' death, and dedicated to him the Capriccio in E bwv993, ‘In honorem Johann Christoph Bachii’, probably soon after leaving Ohrdruf himself. According to contemporary accounts, Johann Christoph was regarded as an optimum artifex, but it is not certain whether his reputation was confined to his practical abilities or whether he was also a composer. His wide-ranging musical interests are evident in two extensive collections of keyboard music compiled by him: the Andreas Bach Buch (D-LEm Sammlung Becker III.6.4; see Johann Andreas Bach (44) above), and the Möller manuscript (D-Bsb Mus.ms.40644). As well as being among the most informative keyboard and organ manuscripts of the period around 1700, they are also important sources of J.S. Bach's early works. No compositions are expressly attributed to Johann Christoph, but some keyboard works that have been assigned to Johann Christoph (13) could be by Johann Christoph (22) instead. See C. Freyse: Die Ohrdrufer Bache in der Silhouette: Johann Sebastian Bachs ältester Bruder Johann Christoph und seine Nachkommen (Eisenach, 1957); H.-J. Schulze: ‘Johann Christoph Bach (1771–1721), “Organist und Schul Collega in Ohrdruf”: Johann Sebastian Bach's erster Lehrer’, BJb 1985, 55–81; and documents in Bitter, iv, 40–47.

Johann Christoph Bach (17) (b Erfurt, bap. 13 Jan 1673; d Gehren, bur. 30 July 1727). Son of Johann Christian (7). After studying music with his father and attending the Erfurt Gymnasium, he became Kantor and organist in Niederzimmern, near Weimar. From 1695 he was Kantor and organist at the Thomaskirche, Erfurt, and from 1698 he pursued a similar career in Gehren. He compiled an organ book that later came into the possession of his son Johann Günther (33; see below) and a collection of works by Johann Pachelbel, J.C.F. Fischer and other 17th-century masters, including also some compositions of his own (US-NH LM 4983).

Johann Christoph Bach (28) (b Eisenach, bap. 29 Aug 1676). Son of Johann Christoph (13). He was a harpsichordist in Erfurt. In 1702–3 he was in Lübeck (perhaps studying with Buxtehude) and on the death of Johann Christoph (13) both he and his brother Johann Nikolaus applied for their father's post as organist in Eisenach. However, their cousin Johann Bernhard Bach (18) won the appointment. In 1706 he attended Jena University, and then went to Hamburg, where evidence of him is dated 1708–9 and where he married. He later went to Rotterdam (1717–20) and then to England, and seems never to have returned to Germany. It was evidently from him that the Duke of Chandos bought a harpsichord with two rows of keys in June 1720 for the sum of £572 (W. and M. Eisen, eds.: Händel-Handbuch, iv (Leipzig, 1985), p.93). See C. Oefner, ‘Neues zur Biographie von Johann Christoph Bach (geb. 1676)’, DJbM, xiv (1969), 121–3.

Johann Christoph Bach (19) (b Erfurt, bap. 17 Aug 1685; d Erfurt, bur. 15 May 1740). Son of Johann Aegidius (8). He was taught music by his father and attended the Ratsgymnasium in Erfurt. He was organist at the Thomaskirche, Erfurt, and from 1705 a member of the town music there, becoming its director in 1716.

Johann Christoph Bach (26) (b Arnstadt, 12 Sept 1689; d Blankenhain, bur. 28 Feb 1740). Son of Johann Christoph (12). He was organist in Keula in 1714, and from 1729 an organist, teacher and merchant in Blankenhain.

Johann Christoph Bach (42) (b Ohrdruf, 12 Nov 1702; d Ohrdruf, 2 Nov 1756). Son of Johann Christoph (22). He was in the service of the princely court at Sondershausen, and from 1728 was Kantor in Ohrdruf.

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (49) (b Leipzig, 21 June 1732; d Bückeburg, 26 Jan 1795. Son of Johann Sebastian (24); see §III (11) below.

Johann Christoph Georg Bach (75) (b Ohrdruf, 8 May 1747; d Ohrdruf, 30 Dec 1814). Son of Johann Andreas (44). He was organist of the Michaeliskirche in Ohrdruf from 1779.

Johann Elias Bach (39) (b Schweinfurt, 12 Feb 1705; d Schweinfurt, 30 Nov 1755). Son of Johann Valentin (21). He studied theology at Jena from 1728 and then in Leipzig from 1738. He lived in the house of Johann Sebastian (24), was his pupil and until 1742 acted as his private secretary and tutor to the younger Bach children. In 1743 he went to Schweinfurt as Kantor of the Johanniskirche and inspector of the church boarding-school. See K. Pottgiesser: ‘Die Briefentwürfe des Johann Elias Bach’, Die Musik, xii (1912–13), 3–19; F. Beyschlag: ‘Ein Schweinfurter Ableger der thüringischen Musikerfamilie Bach’, Schweinfurter Heimatblätter, xi (1925); P. Wollny and E. Odrich: Die Briefentwürfe des Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755) (Hildesheim, 2000).

Johann Ernst Bach (25) (b Arnstadt, 5 Aug 1683; d Arnstadt, 21 March 1739). Son of Johann Christoph (12). He studied in Hamburg and Frankfurt, and in 1707 became organist of the Neukirche in Arnstadt in succession to Johann Sebastian (24), for whom he had already deputized during winter 1705–6 when Johann Sebastian was visiting Buxtehude in Lübeck. From 1728 he was organist of the Liebfrauenkirche in Arnstadt.

Johann Ernst Bach (34) (b Eisenach, bap. 30 Jan 1722; d Eisenach, 1 Sept 1777). Son of Johann Bernhard (18); see §III (10) below.

Johann Friedrich Bach (29) (b Eisenach, c1682; d Mühlhausen, bur. 8 Feb 1730). Son of Johann Christoph (13). He succeeded Johann Sebastian Bach (24) in 1708 as organist of the Divi-Blasii-Kirche in Mühlhausen. An organ fugue in G minor by him is extant (D-Bsb).

Johann Friedrich Bach (35) (b Erfurt, bap. 22 Oct 1706; d Andisleben, nr Erfurt, bur. 30 May 1743). Son of Johann Christoph (19). He attended the Ratsgymnasium in Erfurt and then worked as a schoolmaster, Kantor and organist in Andisleben. From 1739 he deputized for his father as director of the Erfurt town music, returning to Andisleben in 1742.

Johann Georg Bach (70) (b Eisenach, bap. 2 Oct 1751; d Eisenach, 12 April 1797). Son of Johann Ernst (34). He succeeded his father in 1777 as court and town organist of Eisenach, titular Kapellmeister, notary and town treasurer.

Johann Georg Bach (b ?Güstrow, 1786; d Elberfeld, 6 Dec 1874). Not a member of the Wechmar line. He was the son of Johann Michael Bach (see §III (13) below) and taught music in Elberfeld.

Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (47) (b Weimar, 11 May 1715; d Jena, 27 May 1739). Son of Johann Sebastian (24). He was a pupil of his father, and was organist of the Marienkirche in Mühlhausen, 1735–7. He then became organist of St Jacobi in Sangerhausen (a position for which his father had applied in 1702). He left Sangerhausen in spring 1738, with what intention is not known. In a letter of 26 May 1738 Johann Sebastian complained bitterly of his ‘undutiful son’, whose character was apparently unstable and who had got into debt. He matriculated as a law student at Jena University on 28 January 1739, but died only a few months later ‘of a high fever’.

Johann Günther Bach (15) (b Arnstadt, bap. 17 July 1653; d Arnstadt, bur. 10 April 1683). Son of Heinrich (6). From 1682 he was assistant organist to his father in Arnstadt, where he also made keyboard instruments and violins.

Johann Günther Bach (33) (b Gehren, 4 April 1703; d Erfurt, bur. 24 Oct 1756). Son of Johann Christoph (17). He was a town musician (a tenor and viola player), and at some time before 1735 became a teacher in Erfurt. The Günther Bach Buch in the Lowell Mason Collection (US-NH) was compiled by Johann Christoph (17; see above).

Johann Heinrich Bach (43) (b Ohrdruf, 4 Aug 1707; d Öhringen, 20 May 1783). Son of Johann Christoph (22). He was taught by Johann Sebastian (24) and while at the Thomasschule, Leipzig, in 1724–8 was one of his principal copyists (Havptkopist C). He then became assistant to his brother Johann Christoph (42) in Ohrdruf, and in 1735 went to Öhringen in Hohenlohe as Kantor and organist.

Johann Heinrich Bach (53) (b Hamburg, bap. 4 Nov 1709). Son of Johann Christoph (28). According to the Ursprung he was ‘a good keyboard player’.

Johann Jacob Bach (3/60) (b Wolfsbehringen, 12 Sept 1655; d Ruhla, 11 Dec 1718). Son of Wendel (b ?Wechmar, 1619; d Wolfsbehringen, 18 Dec 1682), a farmer ‘who could also sing well’, and grandson of Wendel (b c1580). He went to school in Eisenach, later became organist in Thal, near Eisenach, and then Kantor in Steinbach (1679–90), Wasungen (1690–94) and Ruhla. The Schweinfurt inventory of 1689 lists a vocal work by him, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, for four voices and instruments.

Johann Jacob Bach (16) (b Erfurt, bap. 14 Aug 1668; d Eisenach, bur. 29 April 1692). Son of Johann Christian (7). He served as apprentice and then journeyman Stadtpfeifer under Johann Ambrosius (11) in Eisenach.

Johann Jacob Bach (23) (b Eisenach, bap. 11 Feb 1682; d Stockholm, 16 April 1722). Son of Johann Ambrosius (11). He trained as a Stadtpfeifer in Eisenach under Johann Heinrich Halle, his father's successor, joined the Swedish Guard as an oboist about 1704–6 and went to Turkey with the Swedish army under Carl XII. In Constantinople he took flute lessons from Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin, and from 1713 he was a chamber musician with the Stockholm court ensemble. The occasion for the composition by Johann Sebastian (24) of his Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratro dilettisimo (bwv992) has often, but without plausible grounds, been identified with Johann Jacob's departure from Germany about 1704–6. See C. Wolff. ‘The Identity of the “Fratro Dilettissimo” in the Capriccio B-flat Major’, The Harpsichord and its Repertoire: Utrecht 1990, 145–56.

Johann Lorenz Bach (38) (b Schweinfurt, 10 Sept 1695; d Lahm im Itzgrund, 14 Dec 1773). Son of Johann Valentin (21). In 1715–17 he was a pupil of Johann Sebastian (24) in Weimar, and from 1718 organist and Kantor in Lahm. A fugue in D by him is extant (ed. D. Hellmann, Orgelwerke der Familie Bach, (Leipzig, 1967)), and the existence of other compositions by him is documented (BJb 1949–50). See O. Kaul, Musikgeschichte der ehemaligen Reichstadt Schweinfurt (Würzburg, 1935).

Johann Ludwig Bach (3/64) (b Thal, nr Eisenach, 4 Feb 1677; d Meiningen, bur. 1 May 1731). Son of Johann Jacob (3/60); see §III (6) below.

Johann Michael Bach (14) (b Arnstadt, bap. 9 Aug 1648; d Gehren, 17 May 1694). Son of Heinrich (6); see §III (3) below.

Johann Michael Bach (30) (b Eisenach, bap. 1 Aug 1685). Son of Johann Christoph (13). He left Eisenach in 1703 and was later active as an organ builder in Stockholm, but nothing is known for certain about his later life.

Johann Michael Bach (b Struth, nr Schmalkalden, 9 Nov 1745; d Elberfeld, 1820). Not a member of the Wechmar line, but from a subsidiary Hessian branch of the family; see §III (13) below.

Johann Nicolaus Bach (9) (b Erfurt, bap. 5 Feb 1653; d Erfurt, bur. 28 July 1682). Son of Johann (4). He was trained in music by his father and in 1673 became a member of the Erfurt town music as a viol player.

Johann Nicolaus Bach (27) (b Eisenach, 10 Oct 1669; d Jena, 4 Nov 1753). Son of Johann Christoph (13); see §III (4) below.

Johann Philipp Bach (77) (b Meiningen, 5 Aug 1752; d Meiningen, 2 Nov 1846). Son of Gottlieb Friedrich (68). From 1790 he was court organist and painter (Kabinettsmaler) in Meiningen.

Johann Samuel Bach (31) (b Niederzimmern, nr Weimar, 4 June 1694; d Gundersleben, 1 July 1720). Son of Johann Christoph (17). He was a musician and teacher at the princely court of Sondershausen and then a schoolmaster in Gundersleben.

Johann Sebastian Bach (24) (b Eisenach, 21 March 1685; d Leipzig, 28 July 1750). Son of Johann Ambrosius (11); see §III (7) below.

Johann Stephan Bach (3/62) (b Ilmenau, bap. 5 June 1665; d Brunswick, 6 Jan 1717). Son of Johann (59). From 1690 he was Kantor at Brunswick Cathedral (St Blasius). He was also a poet, and there are reports that he wrote sonnets.

Johann Valentin Bach (21) (b Themar, 6 Jan 1669; d Schweinfurt, 12 Aug 1720). Son of Georg Christoph (10). From 1694 he was a town musician and head tower watchman (Obertürmer) in Schweinfurt.

Lips [Philippus] Bach (3/b) (b c1590; d Wechmar, 21 Sept 1626). His relationship with the family of Veit Bach (1) is not clear, but he too was a musician.

Melchior Bach (3/55) (b 1603; d Arnstadt, 7 Sept 1634). Son of Caspar (3/a). He was a town musician in Arnstadt.

Nicolaus Bach (3/58) (b Arnstadt, 6 Dec 1619; d Arnstadt, 1 Oct 1637). Son of Caspar (3/a). He was a town musician in Arnstadt.

Nicolaus Ephraim Bach (65) (b Wasungen, bap. 26 Nov 1690; d Gandersheim, 12 Aug 1760). Son of Johann Jacob (3/60). He was a musician from 1708 and organist from 1719 at the Meiningen Court. In 1724 he became organist in Gandersheim.

Philipp Christian Georg Bach (72) (b Ohrdruf, 6 April 1734; d Wernigshausen, 18 Aug 1809). Son of Johann Christoph (42). In 1759–72 he was Kantor of the Michaeliskirche in Ohrdruf, and from 1772 he was a pastor in Wernigshausen.

Philipp Ernst Christian Bach (78) (b Eisenach, bap. 20 May 1780; d Eisenach, 29 March 1840). Son and pupil of Johann Georg Bach (70). He was an official copyist in Eisenach, and was also active as an organist and an authority on organs. After the death of his father in 1797, and again in 1809, he applied for the post of organist at St Georg and was considered on the grounds that his ‘father and forebears … have filled this position with credit for almost a century and a half’. However, when the choice was narrowed down he did not get the post. This was probably less to do with the claim made by Kehl, the organist who held the post in 1797–1809, that the organ of St Georg was ruined since Philipp Ernst had played it ‘wildly’ than because the other candidates had greater practical and theoretical knowledge. With Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (76) he was the last musical member of the family.

Samuel Anton Bach (67) (b Meiningen, bap. 26 April 1713; d Meiningen, 29 March 1781). Son of Johann Ludwig (3/64). He studied with Johann Sebastian (24) in Leipzig around 1732, and was later organist, and for a time also painter, at the Meiningen court.

Tobias Friedrich Bach (40) (b Ohrdruf, 21 July 1695; d Udestedt, 1 July 1768). Son of Johann Christoph (22). From 1714 he was organist of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Ohrdruf. He was appointed court Kantor in Gandersheim in 1717, Kantor in Pferdingsleben in 1720 and Kantor in Udestedt in 1721.

Tobias Friedrich Bach (71) (b Udestedt, bap. 22 Sept 1723; d Erfurt, 18 Jan 1805). Son of Tobias Friedrich (40). In 1747 he became Kantor at the school of the Reglerkirche in Erfurt, and he was appointed Kantor of the Barfüsserkirche there in 1762.

Veit Bach (1) (b Pressburg [now Bratislava], c1555; d Wechmar, nr Gotha, 8 March 1619). As a result of the Counter-Reformation he emigrated from Hungary to Wechmar. The founder of the Wechmar line, he was a miller and baker by trade, and was the first to show musical inclinations and talent in what was to become an extensive family of musicians. Veit Bach had a house in Wechmar, and he and his son Hans (2) are explicitly mentioned as ‘musici’ in the Wechmar local registry of 1600–10. See §II below.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (45) (b Weimar, 22 Nov 1710; d Berlin, 1 July 1784). Son of Johann Sebastian (24); see §III (8) below.

Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (76) (b Bückeburg, bap. 24 May 1759; d Berlin, 25 Nov 1845). Son of Johann Christoph Friedrich (49); see §III (14) below.
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Not my scan

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Fugue in C min
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fredbucket wrote:but this is the first time I've seen piano concertos (in this case op.7 in D and E) by Johann Christian Bach.
Copies of the originals Op.1 and Op.7 concertos are published by Kings Music here in Jolly old England.

The next time i get bored playing me banjos, i will whizz them through the old scanner.

I expect the more modern Steingraber Editions are preferable though, but i have always felt closer to the composer when playing from old editions.

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thalbergmad wrote:The next time i get bored playing me banjos, i will whizz them through the old scanner.
Thanks, Thal. Get bored quickly, please.

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Well, a search in my loft would indicate they have been thrown away. My brother said "I saw some old papers lying around and thought they were trash".

This is an all too regular occurance in my house. I am a hoarder myself, but the rest of my family love throwing things away. Last year my mother threw away my car insurance documents, a letter from Reggie Kray and half a dozen of 1970's Playboys, the last of which was unforgivable.

Thus, I have ordered further copies of JC Bach which will be digitalised before storage.

I do not recall ever hearing any of said concerti, but on the basis of the sonatas, I would expect them to be pleasant enough without pulling on the old heart strings too much.

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Some releases by Sibley of number two son of JSB...

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Publication Name: Clavier-Sonaten nebst einigen Rondos fürs Forte-Piano für Kenner und Liebhaber ... componirt von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Bach, Carl, Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)

Publication Name: XVIIe sonate pour piano ; recueillie et annotée / par Emile Bosquet.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Bach, Carl, Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)

Publication Name: 11e sonate en sol mineur, pour piano. Recueillie et annotée par Emile Bosquet.
URL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... onNumber=1
Composer:Bach, Carl, Philipp Emanuel (1714 - 1788)
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I'm looking for cembalo or piano Works by Johan Gottfried Bernhardt BACH
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Mod edit: One of the lesser know sons of JSB (he had enough of them, after all...) No 47 in the list above.FB
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Alkan81 wrote:I'm looking for cembalo or piano Works by Johan Gottfried Bernhardt BACH
Tomasz, to be perfectly honest I'd never heard of him until now. The site http://www.bach-digital.de/content/below/index.xml doesn't have anything of his at all.

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Good evening everyone,

I'm on a search for the Sonata op. 17 Nr. 1 by Johann Christian Bach.
IMSLP misses out the first one, but I located it in the library of Berlin.
I could go there sometime next year, and share it if anybody is interested.
Of course, as I am a lazy bastard, I thought I'd ask here first.

Or something else: if someone could provide the said piece and I can copy
something from the SBB SPK in return, I would certainly do that.

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Courtesy of Sibley, via JCB...

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Publication Name: Klavierkonzert, D-Dur, mit Begleitung eines zweiten Klaviers hrsg. von Hugo Riemann.
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Composer:Bach, Johann, Christian (1735 - 1782) Arranger:Riemann, Hugo (1849 - 1919)
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