BACH, Johann Bernhard

Born in Erfurt, bap. Nov 25, 1676
Died in Eisenach, June 11, 1749

• J.B. Bach was an organist and composer who worked in Erfurt, Magdeburg, and Eisenach. In Eisenach, he was court harpsichordist and was a member the court Kapelle directed by Georg Philipp Telemann.¹
• All of J.B. Bach’s surviving works are instrumental.²
• J.B. Bach was a second cousin of Johann Sebastian. They shared a great-grandfather, Hans Bach. 

Bach family tree 

Biography from Carus Verlag 

Sources

1. Christoph Wolff, “Bach, Johann Bernhard,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 18, 2021, https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C1492642. 
2. Ibid.

Pieces

Overture-Suite No. 3 in e minor