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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1this interesting collection was in the possession of Karl Ph. E. Bach at the end of the 18th century.
3The principal members of the Bach family are enumerated below, in alphabetical order, with their chronological list-numbers.
52. Christoph
65. Georg Christoph
73. Heinrich
81. Johann
98. " Ambrosius
1010. " Bernhard
1119. " Christian
126. " Christoph
139. " "
1414. " "
1518. Johann Christoph Friedrich
164. " Egidius
1713. " Ernst
1812. " Ludwig
197. " Michael
2011. " Nikolaus
2115. " Sebastian
2217. Karl Philipp Emanuel
2316. Wilhelm Friedemann
2420. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst
261. Bach, Johann (eldest son of Hans), b. Nov. 26, 1604; d. 1673. Org. at Schweinfurt, then at Suhl. In 1635, dir. of the 'Raths-Musikanten'; 1647, org. of the church at Erfurt. Left MS. comps. of considerable merit.
282. Bach, Christoph (2nd son of Hans, and grandfather of Johann Sebastian), b. Apr. 19, 1613; d. Sept. 14, 1661. Court and town-musician of Eisenach. Distinguished organist; left several organ-pieces (in the B. Archives).
303. Bach, Heinrich (3rd son of Hans), b. Wechmar, Sept. 16, 1615; d. Arnstadt, July 10, 1692. From 1641, organist of Arnstadt church for 51 years. Left MS. organ-pieces and hymn-tunes.
324. Bach, Johann Egidius (2nd son of Johann [1]), b. 1645; d. 1717. Succeeded his father as municipal mus.-dir. and organist of the church at Erfurt. Left church-comps., among others the motet a 9 for double choir, Unser Leben ist ein Schatten (1696).
345. Bach, Georg Christoph (eldest son of Christoph [2]), b. Eisenach, Sept. 6, 1641; d. April 24, 1697. Cantor and composer at Schweinfurt. His motet, Siehe, wie fein und lieblich, for two tenors and bass with acc. of vln., 3 'celli, and bass, is in the B. Archives.
366. Bach, Johann Christoph (eldest son of Heinrich [3]), organist and composer (instrumental 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, Unseres Herzens Freude hat ein Ende; motet a 8, Herr, nun lässest Du deinen Diener; Sarabande for clavecin w. 12 variations; etc.—See Q.-Lex.
387. 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. Composed motets, preludes, and fugues.
408. 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:
429. Bach, Johann Christoph, d. Arnstadt, Aug. 25, 1694, was court violinist and 'Stadtpfeifer' 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.
4410. 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. Organist 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.-pieces, several chorale-arrangements f. org., and 4 orchestral suites, these latter now in the Berlin Royal Library.
4611. 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 instrs., and directed his efforts to establishing equal temperament in pf. and org.-tuning.—Works: Suites f. org. and harpsich.; motets, and other sacred comps.; also a comic operetta, Der Jenaische Wein- und Bier-Rufer, a scene from Jena college-life.
4812. Bach, Johann Ludwig (son of Johann Michael [7]), b. Steinbach, 1677; d. 1741. Court Kapellm. at Saxe-Meiningen. MS.: Requiem f. 2 choirs, w. instrl. accomp., in Berlin Royal Library.
5013. Bach, Johann Ernst (only son of Johann Bernhard [10]), b. Eisenach, Sept. 1, 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. comps., Sonatas f. clavecin w. vln., etc.; many others in MS.
5214. Bach, Johann Christoph (brother of Johann Sebastian, and eldest son of Johann Ambrosius [8]), b. Erfurt, June 16,
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