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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.

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    Of these, Johann Christian had no children from his marriage to the soprano Cecilia Grassi. Carl Philipp Emanuel, who married Johanna Maria Dannemann, had three surviving children. [5] Of these children the youngest, Johann Sebastian (1748–1778) was a gifted painter who died young.

  5. 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.

  6. Musicians in Bach's extended family included court musicians, teachers, composers and church organists, something that young Johann would himself grow into. 16 images. See the full gallery: Bach: Compositions, children, biography and more facts about the great composer.

  7. Mar 23, 2019 · Johann Sebastian Bach’s Children. Johann Sebastian Bach married his second cousin, Maria Barbara, in October 1707 and they had 7 children together: Catharina Dorothea was their first child, born in December 1708. She became a singer and helped her father with his music copying.

  8. Aug 16, 2017 · Bach was married twice — first to Maria Barbara Bach and, upon her death, to Anna Magdalena Wilcke — and sired 20 children. 10 survived into adulthood — six sons and four daughters. While we're left to wonder what kind of talents their sisters may have harbored, four of those sons went on to become notable composers in their own right.