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Despite Johann Christoph's steady employment as a musician he was heavily in debt when he died at Eisenach. He died just ten days after his wife Maria died. [ 1 ]
Jun 16, 2018 · Bach’s wives, Maria Barbara Bach (left) and Anna Magdalena Bach (right) His marriages. Bach was married twice – first to Maria Barbara from 1707 to 1720 and then to Anna Magdalena from 1721 to 1750. His first wife died tragically after just thirteen years of marriage while Bach was travelling.
Now an orphan, Bach and one of his brothers, Johann Jakob, were adopted into the family of the eldest Bach brother - confusingly, also called Johann Christoph. He lived nearby in the town of Ohrdruf, working as the organist in the local church, St. Michaeliskirche, and had recently married.
3 days ago · Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, by Georg David Matthieu, 1774. Source: Wikimedia Commons J.C.F. Bach was, like his father J.S. Bach and brothers, a gifted keyboard player. Initially, he set out to study law (like older brother C.P.E. Bach) but the lure of better employment prospects as a musician was too strong to resist.
Bach's biography: musical study in Ohrdruf and Lüneburg (1695 - 1702) After the death of both his parents, ten-year-old Bach went to live with his 24-year-old brother 30 miles away from his birthplace. It was here he excelled in his musical studies and was inspired to become a professional musician.
May 29, 2018 · The youngest of his 5 daughters, Maria Barbara (b 20 Oct. 1684), became J. S. Bach's first wife. Johann Ambrosius Bach ( b Erfurt, 1645; d Eisenach, 1695). 2nd (twin) son of Christoph. Played vn. and va. in addition to org.
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Sebastian’s first conscious family bereavement was when he was six years old (brother Balthasar), his last within nine months of his own death (grandson Johann Sebastian Altnickol); and not only relations – during Bach’s time at Leipzig, no fewer than seventeen students in the choir-school died.
