Johann Stephan Bach

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Handwritten signature on November 15, 1713 under a letter of recommendation as cantor of the Braunschweig Cathedral.

Johann Stephan Bach (* before 1665 in Ilmenau ; † January 10, 1717 in Braunschweig ) was a musician and poet from the Bach family . From 1690 he was cantor , succentor and precentor of the Brunswick Cathedral .

family

Johann Stephan's father was the Ilmenau cantor ( deacon from 1668 ) Johann Bach (1621–1686), who later worked as a pastor in Lehnstedt . Johann was a nephew of Lips († 1620) and Johannes Bach († 1626), his father was probably the city ​​councilor Andreas Bach (1587–1637) from Themar , who was probably a son of Veit Bach . Döll suspects that Johann Stephan could have been an uncle of Johann Sebastian Bach due to his age .

Career

Johann Stephan Bach grew up in Ilmenau and received musical training from his father. From 1690 he worked at the Brunswick Cathedral and was very respected in the city. He wrote several sonnets , compositions have not survived. In his first marriage, Bach was married to Dorothea Schulze. During this time he was, among other things, the singing teacher of Andreas Heinrich Schulze (1681–1742), who later became the organist of the Lamberti Church in Hildesheim . It is believed that it was a relative of the wife. On May 12, 1701, Bach married Dorothea Catharina Schaffeldt for the second time. Their son Johann Albrecht Bach was born on February 4, 1703 in Braunschweig and was later vicar and precentor of the Braunschweig Cathedral. He died in 1782.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Letter of recommendation from the cantor at the court and collegiate church St. Blasii in Braunschweig, Johann Stephan Bach, for the musician Johann Michael Krafft. (Hamburg State Archives, Harburg Office, inventory 4, XVI D 2 a 3). In: Harburg Yearbook. Volume 10 (1961/62), Harburg 1963, p. 71.
  2. ↑ a b c Ernst Döll: The collegiate monasteries St. Blasius and St. Cyriacus in Braunschweig. In: Braunschweiger workpieces. Volume 36. Orphanage printing and publishing house, Braunschweig 1967, p. 200.
  3. ^ Philipp Spitta : Johann Sebastian Bach (complete biography): The greatest composer in music history: life and work. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1873.
  4. ↑ Certificate Julius Basilius Pape, dean, Heinrich Macrinus, senior, and all capitulars of the Blasiusstift certify Johann Albrecht Bach at the request of his father, their praecentor Johann Stephan Bach, - according to corresponding testimony from Johann Christoph Schrader, princely. Construction manager and prebenders to BMV [in the Blasiusstift , and Johann Thomas Lisegang, Vicar to St. Michael and Kornschreiber [of the Blasiusstift] - his marital birth, born on February 4, 1703; Church wedding of his parents, the Praecentor Bach and his - still living - wife Dorothea Catharina Schaffeldt on May 12, 1701] (signature of the Lower Saxony State Archives in Wolfenbüttel : NLA WO 7 A document no. 1992) on arcinsys.niedersachsen.de
  5. ↑ Ernst Döll: The collegiate monasteries St. Blasius and St. Cyriacus in Braunschweig. P. 341.
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Johann Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Musicians and poets from the Bach family
DATE OF BIRTH before 1665
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilmenau
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1717
Place of death Braunschweig