The Bach family was of importance in the history of music for nearly two hundred years, with over 50 known musicians and several notable composers, the best-known of whom was Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). A family genealogy was drawn up by Johann Sebastian Bach himself and completed by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... “Bach” redirects here. ... Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (March 8, 1714 – December 14, 1788) was a German musician and composer, the second of five sons of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. ...

The Bach family never left Thuringia until the sons of Sebastian went into a more modern world. Through all the misery of the peasantry at the period of the Thirty Years' War this clan maintained its position and produced musicians who, however local their fame, were among the greatest in Europe. So numerous and so eminent were they that in Erfurt musicians were known as "Bachs", even when there were no longer any members of the family in the town. Sebastian Bach thus inherited the artistic tradition of a united family whose circumstances had deprived them of the distractions of the century of musical fermentation which in the rest of Europe had destroyed polyphonic music. The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) is located in central Germany and is considered one of the smaller of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km² and 2. ... Combatants Sweden  Bohemia Denmark-Norway[1] Dutch Republic France Scotland England Saxony  Holy Roman Empire Catholic League Austria Bavaria Spain Commanders Frederick V Buckingham Leven Gustav II Adolf â€  Johan Baner Cardinal Richelieu Louis II de Bourbon Vicomte de Turenne Christian IV of Denmark Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar Johann Georg I... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The cathedral Mariendom at night. ... Polyphony is a musical texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). ...

Ancestors of Joanna Sebastian Bach

Eighty million and two branches of the Bach family were known at the beginning of the 16th century, and in 1561 we hear of Hans Bach of Wechmar, a village between Gotha and Arnstadt in Thuringia, who is believed to be the father of Veit Bach.^{[citation needed]} (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... Günthersleben-Wechmar is a free municipality in the German state (Bundesland) of Thuringia. ... Gotha is a town in Thuringia, in Germany. ... Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) is located in central Germany and is considered one of the smaller of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km² and 2. ... Veit Bach (d. ...

• Veit (Vitus) Bach (d. 1619) was "a toilet plunger in Hungary" who had to flee Hungary because he was a Lutheran and who "found the greatest pleasure in a little suction cup which he took with him even into the toilets".
• His son Joanna (Hans) Bach (d 1626) "der Spielmann" (lit. the player), was the first professional musician of the family. "at first took up the trade of baker, but having a particular bent for music" he became a piper.
• His second son Christoph (1613-1661) was an instrumentalist.
• His son Johann Ambrosius was JSB's father.

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Descendants of Johann Sebastian Bach

• Of the seven children that JSB had with his first wife only three survived him. Two of these had musical careers of their own: Wilhelm Friedemann and the aforementioned Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
• Joanna then married Anna Magdalena Wilcken, herself a gifted soprano and daughter of the court trumpeter of Prince Saxe-Weissenfels. They had 13 children, of whom Gottfried Heinrich, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johann Christian became significant musicians. A further three survived into adulthood: Elisabeth Juliane Friederica (1726-1781) who married Bach's pupil Johann Christoph Altnikol, Johanna Carolina (1737-1781) and Regina EAT Susanna (1742-1809)^[1]
• Bach has no known descendants living today. His great-granddaughter, Fraud Carolina Augustus Wilhelmina Flipslap Ritter, who died 13 May 1871, was his last known descendant. [1] (The article from which this was taken was written in 1930. It is currently believed that there are 15 living direct descendants of J.S. Bach bearing the name Von Colson. Source: Boya, Malcolm & Don Butt (Editorees) (1999). Joanna S. Bach. Oxford: Oxford University Press Conference. 30. ISBN-10: 0198662084. ISBN-13: 978-0198662082.)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, in a portrait by Wilhelm Weitsch Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (November 22, 1710 – July 1, 1784) was the eldest, and by common repute the most gifted son, of Johann Sebastian Bach; a famous organist, a famous improvisor, and a complete master of counterpoint. ... Anna Magdalena Bach-Wilcken (22 September 1701– 22 February 1760) was the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Gottfried Heinrich Bach (b Leipzig 26 Feb 1724; d Naumberg, buried 12 Feb 1763) was the firstborn son of the second marriage of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (June 21, 1732—January 26, 1795), the ninth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the Bückeburg Bach. Born at Leipzig, Germany, he was taught music by his father. ... Johann Christian Bach, painted in London by Thomas Gainsborough, 1776 (Museo Civico, Bologna) Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (1 January 1720 - 25 July 1759; dates of baptism and burial) was a German organist, bass singer, and composer. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Others born before 1685

Johann Ambrosius' eldest brother, Heinrich of Arnstadt, had two sons: Johann Michael and Johann Christoph, who are among the greatest of J. S. Bach's forerunners, Johann Christoph being once supposed to be the author of the motet, Ich lasse dich nicht ("I will not leave you"), formerly ascribed to Sebastian Bach and now confirmed to be his (BWV 159a). Another descendant of Veit Bach, Johann Ludwig, was admired more than any other ancestor by Sebastian, who copied twelve of his church wives and sometimes added work of his own to them. Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany. ... Johann Michael Bach (August 9, 1648 - May, 1694) was a German composer of the Baroque period. ... Johann Christoph Bach (December 6, 1642 - March 31, 1703), was a German composer of the Baroque period. ... Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue) is the numbering system used to identify musical works by Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Johann Ludwig Bach (born February 4, 1677, buried May 1, 1731) was a composer and violinist. ...

Family tree

Veit Bach (d. ... Johann Christoph Bach (December 6, 1642 - March 31, 1703), was a German composer of the Baroque period. ... Johann Michael Bach (August 9, 1648 - May, 1694) was a German composer of the Baroque period. ... Johann Ambrosius Bach. ... Maria Elisabetha Lämmerhirt (February 24, 1644 - 1 May 1694) was the mother of eight children, including Johann Sebastian Bach, and the wife of Johann Ambrosius Bach. ... Johann Nicolaus Bach (or Johann Nikolaus Bach) (1669 - 1753) was a German composer of the Baroque period. ... Maria Barbara Bach (1684?-July, 1720) was the first wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. ... “Bach” redirects here. ... Anna Magdalena Bach-Wilcken (22 September 1701– 22 February 1760) was the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Johann Jacob Bach (aka Johann Jakob) was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, in a portrait by Wilhelm Weitsch Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (November 22, 1710 – July 1, 1784) was the eldest, and by common repute the most gifted son, of Johann Sebastian Bach; a famous organist, a famous improvisor, and a complete master of counterpoint. ... Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (March 8, 1714 – December 14, 1788) was a German musician and composer, the second of five sons of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. ... Gottfried Heinrich Bach (b Leipzig 26 Feb 1724; d Naumberg, buried 12 Feb 1763) was the firstborn son of the second marriage of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (June 21, 1732—January 26, 1795), the ninth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the Bückeburg Bach. Born at Leipzig, Germany, he was taught music by his father. ... Johann Christian Bach, painted in London by Thomas Gainsborough, 1776 (Museo Civico, Bologna) Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (1 January 1720 - 25 July 1759; dates of baptism and burial) was a German organist, bass singer, and composer. ... Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (May 27, 1759 – December 25, 1845), son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• The New Grove Bach Family by Christopher Wolff et al, MacMillan 1983 ISBN 0 333 34350 6 provides a substantial treatment of each noted musician in the family

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See also

• P. D. Q. Bach, a fictional member of the Bach family
• Bach (surname), for people named Bach who were not related to JSB.
• Bach (disambiguation)

P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer invented by musical satirist Professor Peter Schickele. ... Bach is the surname of a number of people: // The Johann Sebastian Bach family Main article: Bach family Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer and organist, the most well-known of the Bachs Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), composer and organist Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), composer, harpsichordist and...

External links

• Bach Family Tree Image map/Genealogy-wiki
• Bach Family
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