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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://proxy.multcolib.org:2669/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-6002278187
  2. Ibid.