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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1900
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3bass, with acc. of vln., 3 'celli, and bass, is in the B. Archives.
56. Bach, Johann Christoph (eldest son of Heinrich [3]), org. and composer (instr. and vocal) of the highest rank among the earlier Bachs; b. Arnstadt, Dec. 6, 1642; d. Eisenach, Mar. 31, 1703. From 1665 to 1703, court and town-organist of Eisenach. Works in the B. Archives: Wedding-hymn f. 12 voices, Es erhub sich ein Streit, a comp. of great beauty; motet f. 22 voices, for the festival of St. Michael; alto solo, w. accomp. of vln., 'cello, and bass; and 2 motets a 4. In MS. in the Berlin Royal Library: Motet a 8 f. double choir, Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf (1672); motet a 4, Ich lasse dich nicht; motet a 8, Unsres Herzens Freude hat ein Ende; motet a 8, Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener; Sarabande f. clavecin w. 12 variations; etc.
77. Bach, Johann Michael, brother of preceding, and as org. and composer almost his equal in merit; b. Arnstadt, Aug. 9, 1648; d. Gehren, May, 1694. Org. and town-clerk of Gehren from 1673; also maker of harpsichords, vlns., etc. Comp. motets, preludes, and fugues.
98. Bach, Johann Ambrosius (2nd son of Christoph [2]), distinguished org.; b. Erfurt, Feb. 22, 1645; d. Eisenach, 1695. He was the father of J. Sebastian. His twin-brother,
119. Bach, Johann Christoph, d. Arnstadt, 1694, was court violinist and Studtpfeifer at Arnstadt from 1671. There was such a remarkable resemblance between the brothers, in every particular, voice, gestures, moods, and style of music, that even their respective wives could distinguish them only by the color of their clothes.—Church-comp. a 4, "Nun ist alles überwunden."
1310. Bach, Johann Bernhard (son of Johann Egidius [4]), org. and comp. f. organ, one of the best of his generation; b. Erfurt, Nov. 23, 1676; d. Eisenach, June 11, 1749. Org. at Erfurt, Magdeburg, and the successor of Johann Christoph [6], at Eisenach, in 1703. Also cembalist in the Duke of Saxe-Eisenach's orch.—Works: Harpsich.-pcs., several chorale-arrangements f. org., and 4 orchestral suites, these latter now in the Berlin Royal Library.
1511. Bach, Johann Nikolaus (eldest son of Johann Christoph [6]), b. Eisenach, Oct. 10, 1669; d. there 1753. In 1695, app. org. at Jena, where he estab. a harpsichord-factory, made many improvements in the instr.s, and directed his efforts to establishing equal temperament in pf. and org.-tuning.—Works: Suites f. org. and harpsich.; motets, and other sacred comp.s; also a comic operetta, Der Jenaische Wein- und Bier-Rufer, a scene from Jena college-life.
1712. Bach, Johann Ludwig (son of Johann Michael [7]), b. Ainte-Gehren, 1677; d. 1730. Court Kapellm. at Saxe-Meiningen. MS. Re- quem f. 2 choirs, w. instr.l accomp., in Berlin Royal Library.
1913. Bach, Johann Ernst (only son of Johann Bernhard [10]), b. Eisenach, Sept. 1 (June 28?), 1722; d. there Jan. 28, 1777 (1781?). St. law at Leipzig for 6 years, returning to Eisenach and practising as advocate. In 1748 was app. asst. to his father, org. of St. George's ch.; 1756, app. hon. Kapellm. at Weimar, w. pension. Publ. comp.s: Sonatas f. clavecin w. vln., etc.; many others in MS.
2114. Bach, Johann Christoph (brother of Johann Sebastian, and eldest son of Johann Ambrosius [8]), b. Erfurt, June 16, 1671; d. Ohrdruff, Feb. 22, 1721. He was organist at Ohrdruff, and his distinguished brother's teacher on the clavichord.
2315. Bach, Johann Sebastian, the most famous of the family, and one of the great masters of music; b. Eisenach, Mar. 21 (bapt. Mar. 23), 1685; d. Leipzig, July 28, 1750. He first learned the vln. from his father (Joh. Ambrosius [8]). His mother, Elizabeth, née Lämmerhirt, was a native of Erfurt. Both his parents dying in his tenth year, he went to live with his brother, Johann Christoph [14], at Ohrdruf, who taught him the clavichord; but the boy's genius soon outstripped the brother's skill, and led to somewhat harsh treatment by the latter. Unable to obtain the loan of a MS. vol. of works by composers of the day, Sebastian secretly obtained possession of the work, and, by the light of the moon, painfully and laboriously copied the whole, within six months, only to have it taken from him, when his brother accidentally found him practising from it. He recovered it when his brother's death occurred shortly after. Left to his own resources, J. S. went to Lüneburg with a fellow-student named Erdmann, and both were admitted as choristers at St. Michael's ch., also receiving gratuitous scholastic education. The fame of the family had preceded Sebastian, for in the choice collection of printed and MS. music of the ch. were to be found the comp.s of Heinrich and J. Christoph B. [6]. A fellow-Thuringian, George Böhm, was the org. of St. John's ch., and Bach attentively studied his compositions. He also often went on foot to Hamburg, to hear the famous old Dutch organist Reinken, and to Celle, where French music was exclusively used in the services of the Royal Chapel. With indefatigable industry he developed his technical skill on the violin, clavichord, and organ, and perfected himself in the art of composition; often working and study-
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