Georg Christoph Bach

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Georg Christoph Bach (born September 6, 1642 in Erfurt , † April 27, 1697 in Schweinfurt ) was a German composer from the Bach family . He was an uncle of Johann Sebastian Bach .

Life

Georg Christoph Bach attended the Casimirianum Coburg and later the University of Leipzig . In 1668 he became cantor at the Bartholomäuskirche in Themar and then also organist there , probably from 1679. From 1688 he worked at the church of St. Johannis in Schweinfurt , where his uncle Johann Bach was already temporarily organist.

Works

His vocal piece , which has been handed down in the Altbach archive, See how fine and lovely it is , was composed by the composer on his 47th birthday during a visit by his brothers Johann Ambrosius Bach and Johann Christoph Bach the Elder . A few other works are known, even less have survived.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christoph Wolff : Johann Sebastian Bach . 4th edition. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-16739-5 , pp. 14 .
  2. ↑ Bach in Bavaria. Contributions to a history of Johann Sebastian Bach's reception in Upper Germany. On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his death on July 28, 1750. Institute for Bavarian Literature History, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich , 2000, ISBN 978-3-980-42138-6 , p. 32.
  3. ↑ a b Carus-Verlag: Georg Christoph Bach , accessed on April 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Directory of the musical legacy of the late Capellmeister Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Schniebes, Hamburg 1790, pp. 83-85 (digitized version ) , accessed on April 3, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Georg Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer from the Bach family
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1642
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1697
Place of death Schweinfurt