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  2. 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.

  3. 3 days ago · Below we’ll look at four of Bach’s most famous sons: Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christoph Friederich, and Johann Christian. We will also look at a fictional son, P.D.Q. Bach—the creation of American composer Peter Shickele—who has no relation to the Bach family but who deserves a special mention. 1.

    • 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.
  4. A well-known factoid about Johann Sebastian Bach is that he and his two wives produced 20 children. And for most people today that's as far as the story goes. But a stark reality of family life in Bach's time was that parents tended to have lots of children because childhood mortality was so high.

  5. Approximately 20 years after these brothers, two more composer sons of Bach were born from their father’s second marriage. Johann Christoph Friedrich stayed in one place longer than any of his brothers: he became a court musician in Bückeburg at the age of 18 and remained there all his life.

  6. From his compositions and children to the pronunciation of his name, here’s everything you need to know about the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

  7. Bach's children. The image of Bach as a virile family-man is no myth - he managed to sire an astonishing 20 children in his lifetime (though they didn't all survive into adulthood). 16 images.