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The Bach family is a family of notable composers of the baroque and classical periods of music, the best-known of whom was Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). [1] A family genealogy was drawn up by Johann Sebastian Bach himself in 1735 when he was 50 and was continued by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel .
Gottfried Heinrich Bach (born: 26 February 1724 – funeral: 12 February 1763) was a child of Johann Sebastian Bach and the firstborn son of his second wife Anna Magdalena Bach. He was born in Leipzig , where his parents had moved the year before his birth.
Compositions by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (3 P) Pages in category "Compositions by members of the Bach family" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (24 February 1644, Erfurt – 1 May 1694, Eisenach) was the mother of Johann Sebastian Bach. She was a daughter of Valentin Lämmerhirt (or Lemmerhirt, 1605–1665), a furrier and coachman in Erfurt. On 8 April 1668, she married her friend since childhood, Johann Ambrosius Bach. The couple left Erfurt in 1671 and ...
Heinrich Bach (26 September [O.S. 16 September] 1615 – 20 July [O.S. 10 July] 1692) was a German organist, composer, and a member of the Bach family. Heinrich Bach was born at Wechmar, and is the father of the so-called Arnstadt Line. After the early death of his father, his older brother Johannes Bach continued his music education and taught ...
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, also known as William Bach (24 May 1759 – 25 December 1845) [1] was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music director to Frederick William II of Prussia. He said, "Heredity can tend to ...
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), [1] also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, [2] and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Baroque and Classical period composer and musician, the fifth child and second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach.
Johann Christian Bach (5 September 1735 – 1 January 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. [1] He received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin.