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STOKES, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS VOLUME 1, 1908
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1gious persecution, but later returned to Wechmar, where he plied the trades of miller and baker, and in leisure moments played the cythringen, which may have been a kind of zither. B. about 1550; d. Mar. 8, 1619. Hans was the first to become a professional musician, but combined the gentle art with carpet weaving. B. about 1580, son of VEIT; d. Dec. 26, 1626. Johannes became town musician and church organist at Erfurt. B. Nov. 26, 1604, son of HANS; d. 1673. Heinrich served as organist at Arnstadt for more than 50 years beginning 1641. B. Wechmar, Sept. 16, 1615; son of HANS; d. July 10, 1692. Christoph became town musician to Arnstadt and court musician to Count Schwarzburg. B. Wechmar, April 19, 1613; son of HANS; d. Sept. 14, 1661. Georg Christoph composed, taught school and sang at Themar and Schweinfurt. B. Sept. 6, 1642, Erfurt; son of CHRISTOPH; d. April 24, 1679. Johann Christoph and Johann Ambrosius, twin sons of CHRISTOPH, were so much alike as to be hardly distinguishable, even by their wives. Both played violin. Johann Christoph became court musician to Count Schwarzburg at Arnstadt. Two of his sons were musicians. B. Erfurt, Feb. 22, 1645; d. Aug. 25, 1693. Johann Ambrosius joined the Erfurt "Raths-Musikanten" in 1667. He became the father of JOHANN SEBASTIAN, and died Eisenach, 1695. Johann Christoph played organ in Eisenach churches, where he finally became court organist. B. Arnstadt, son of Heinrich, Dec. 8, 1642; d. Mar. 31, 1703. Johann Michael composed 72 fugued and figured chorale preludes, organist at Gehren, near Arnstadt. He was the father of Maria Barbara, 1684–1720, who was the first wife of her cousin, Johann Sebastian. B. Aug. 9, 1648, Arnstadt, son of HEINRICH; d. May, 1694. Johann Christian directed the musical society at Erfurt in succession to his father, JOHANN of Erfurt. B. Aug. 2, 1640; d. 1682. Johann Aegidius became organist of St. Michael's Church, Erfurt, and on the death of his brother, Johann Christian, succeeded him as director. These brief references bring us to the fifth generation of the Bach family, reckoned from Hans of Wechmar, the generation in which the genius of the race culminates in JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Reserving Johann Sebastian for a special article, others fifth in descent from Hans in this period were: Johann Bernhard composed four orchestral suites, preludes, and clavier music, organist at Erfurt, at Magdeburg succeeded Johann Christoph as organist at Eisenach. B. Nov. 23, 1676; son of JOHANN AEGIDIUS; d. June 11, 1749. Johann Christoph succeeded his father, JOHANN AEGIDIUS, at Erfurt. B. Aug. 15, 1685; d. 1717. Johann Christoph became organist at Ohrdruf; pupil of Pachelbel of Erfurt, and brother of Johann Sebastian, to whom he taught clavier. B. June 15, 1671; son of Johann Ambrosius; d. 1721. Johann Nicolaus composed many suites, the comic opera "Der Jenaische Wein und Bier Rufer"; manufactured pianos but met with great opposition because of his introduction of equal temperament; organist to town and University of Jena; composed the cantata for double chorus and orchestra, "Es erhub sich ein Streit," the motet "Ich lasse dich nicht," well known under the English title "I wrestle and pray," and once attributed to Johann Sebastian. B. 1669; son of Johann Christoph of Eisenach; d. 1753. Johann Ludwig composed 17 church cantatas (Johann Sebastian transcribed 12 of them), a suite in G, chapelmaster at Meiningen. B. Steinbach, 1677; son of Jakob Bach and probably descended from Veit; d. 1741. Of the generation succeeding Johann Sebastian were: Johann Ernest composed sacred music and a clavier fantasia and fugue; graduated in law Leipsic University; studied music under Johann Sebastian; chapelmaster at Weimar, 1756. B. Eisenach, Sept. 1, 1722; son of JOHANN BERNHARD. Wilhelm Friedeman, "the Halle Bach," composed 23 church cantatas and 17 sets of instrumental pieces, regarded as
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