Less confusingly, he's often referred to as the 'Bückeburg Bach', named after a town in Lower Saxony where he played the harpsichord professionally. Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732 - 1795)Īfter a period of tragedy, Bach's ninth son was born: the confusingly named Johann Christoph Bach, not to be confused with Bach's first cousin once removed, Bach's uncle and Bach's eldest brother… also all called Johann Christoph. Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach - Getty 16. Very little is known about these four young Bachs who died in childhood. Christiana Benedicta Louise (Born and died in 1730) 15. Ernestus Andreas Bach (Born and died in 1727) 13. Elisabeth, however, survived into adulthood, and went on to marry one of her father's pupils, German organist Johann Christoph Altnikol.ġ2. Elisabeth Juliana Friederica (1726 - 1781)ġ726 marks a year of joy and tragedy for the Bach family – just two months after Elisabeth was born, her elder sister Christiana died at the age of three. Christian Gottlieb Bach (1725 - 1728)Īnother tragically short-lived son, Christian Gottlieb only survived three years. Bach said his younger brother showed a 'great genius, which failed to develop'. Luckily he had plenty of supportive siblings: C.P.E. It's thought Gottfried was mildly mentally handicapped in some way, signs of which were picked up from an early age. Their first daughter was born in 1723, the same year Bach signed a contract to become the Thomaskantor in Leipzig, but died three years later. Christina Sophia Henrietta (1723 - 1726)Īfter Bach's wife Maria Barbara died, he went on to marry Anna Magdalena Wilcke. His godfather, a prince, also named Leopold, employed Bach as Kapellmeister between 17. Leopold Augustus Bach (1718 - 1719)īorn on 15 November, Bach's seventh child lived for ten short months, and was buried on 29 September 1719. Unlike them, however, he didn't have the opportunity to go to university, and secretly abandoned his musical career in order to study law.
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Johann Gottfried was born on and, as was the case with his brothers, went on to become a professional musician.
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715 - 1739) Bach is said to have muttered under his breath, “What rhythms!”Ħ. At the end of one royal performance, a delighted sycophant exclaimed, “Your Majesty, what rhythm!” C.P.E. Frederick believed himself to be a much better flautist than he was and often took liberties with the tempo. Bach’s position as court musician to Frederick the Great also included the task of providing accompaniment on the keyboard for the king’s flute solos. “He is the father, we are the children,” Mozart said of C.P.E. He formed a musical bridge between the Baroque and Classical eras.
His Essay on the True Art of Keyboard Playing established him as the leading keyboard teacher of the time. Building on the Baroque training he learned as a boy, he became one of the foremost clavier players in Europe (after studying for a degree in law).
Bach was a highly original composer of symphonies, keyboard and choral music. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)Īrguably the most gifted of J.S.
Johann Christoph lived no longer than a few hours after his birth, and his sister died a few weeks later, around the 13 March 1713.Ĭarl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Getty 5. Bach's third and fourth children, twins, were born on 23 February 1713 when Bach was 28. Johann Christoph Bach and Maria Sophia Bach (Born and died in 1713) Thanks to his intensive musical training, Wilhelm went on to become an organist and taught none other than Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, the man whose name is immortalised in the great Goldberg Variations.ģ & 4. Bach even wrote Wilhelm a graded course of keyboard studies, called the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Wilhelm followed in his father's footsteps and became a composer. Bach's eldest son with his first wife, Maria Barbara.
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