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Dec 9, 2021 · Johann Sebastian Bach, with his wives Maria Barbara (m. 1707–1720) and Anna Magdalena (m. 1721–1750), fathered 20 children over his lifetime. His first was born in 1708 when Bach was 23, with his last coming into the world in 1742, when the composer was 57.
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Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782) was a classical...
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Bach has living descendants via two granddaughters born to Friedemann and Johann Christoph Friedrich, respectively. Anna Philippine Friederike (1755–1804), sister of Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst, married Wilhelm Ernst Colson, a lieutenant in an artillery regiment. They had five sons and a daughter.
4 days ago · Wilhelm was J.S. Bach’s eldest son with his first wife, Maria Barbara Bach. His early life slightly mirrors that of his father: he lost his mother when he was ten years old. W.F. Bach inherited much of his father’s talent and was a gifted improviser. Unfortunately, his great talent also came with a drinking problem.
- Catharina Dorothea was their first child, born in December 1708. She became a singer and helped her father with his music copying. She died in January 1774.
- Wilhelm Friedemann followed in November 1710. Wilhelm became a composer, organist and teacher. He died in 1784. Here is his beautiful Sinfonia in D minor
- Carl Philipp Emanuel was born in March, 1714. He became a very successful composer and is considered important in the development of music from the baroque era into the classical era.
- Johann Gottfried Bernhard was born in 1715 and died in 1739. Johann also trained as a musician but also later studied law. He died at the age of 24, so his dream of becoming a lawyer was never to be.
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
- Johann Christian Bach
He was the oldest of the J.S. sons, and had the toughest life. This is partially, at least according to Grove, due to the death of his mother when he was 10 years old and his father’s remarriage less than two years later. However, he did display some legitimately good keyboard skills and a composer. Like many of his brothers he attended the Thomass...
Mozart once said, “Bach is the father, we are the children.” And while Johann Sebastian did have a lot of kids, it wasn’t Jo he was referring to. Mozart was talking about Carl Philipp Emanuel. That makes perfect sense, given C.P.E.’s role during the transition to what we know as the “Classical era” and the sheer volume of music he composed. Carl ke...
Of all of J.S. Bach’s children to make their names as notable composers, J.C.F. and his younger brother Johann Christian got kind of unlucky. Not because of their talent, but because their older siblings got so much more time with their dad. And if you’re a Bach, “time with dad” means “time learning music.” J.C.F. went off to (again) the University...
The youngest Bach boy was only a teenager when his father died. J.C. received a sizable inheritance (including three harpsichords) and eventually moved in with his older brother and music teacher Carl Philipp Emanuel. But in 1754, he moved to Italy where he *gasp* converted to Catholicism and became an organist at Milan Cathedral. It was there that...
Of the seven children that Johann Sebastian Bach had with his first wife Maria Barbara Bach, his second cousin, four survived into adulthood: Catharina Dorothea Bach (1708–1774); Wilhelm Friedemann; Carl Philipp Emanuel (the "Berlin Bach", later the "Hamburg Bach"); and Johann Gottfried Bernhard.
3 days ago · Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children, 7 with his first wife and 13 with his second wife. Only 10 of them lived to adulthood. Several of his sons, including Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, and Johann Christian, who was called the “English Bach,” were also composers.
