Johann Christian Bach (Clavier-Bach)

Friedrich Georg Weitsch: Johann Christian Bach, undated, oil on canvas on wood, 79 × 65 cm, Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale) , inv. No. MOI01575 - For a long time the portrait was considered to be a portrait of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, but it is believed to represent his pupil Johann Christian Bach.

Johann Christian Bach (born July 23, 1743 in Halle (Saale) ; † June 20, 1814 there ) was a pianist and teacher at the pedagogy in Halle. He belongs to the widely ramified Bach family ; to distinguish it from Johann Sebastian Bach's youngest son , Johann Christian Bach , he was nicknamed “Halle Clavier Bach”.

Life

Johann Christian Bach was the son of the cantor at St. Ulrich in Halle Georg Michael Bach (1703–1771); his uncle was the Thuringian court composer Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731).

Johann Christian Bach was a student of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , from whom he received the piano booklet for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach as a gift. The Halle Clavier-Bach is probably shown in the portrait of Friedrich Georg Weitsch , which for a long time was regarded as a portrait of Wilhelm Friedemann. Shortly before his death, he bequeathed his music collection to the music director Johann Nicolaus Julius Kötschau (1788–1845).

literature

Peter Wollny: Bach, Johann Christian. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 1 (Aagard - Baez). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1111-X

Individual evidence

↑ Baptismal register of the Church of Our Dear Women in Halle 1732–1748, p. 425.
^ Martin Falck: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach . Kahnt, Leipzig 1913, p. 42.
^ Reimar F. Lacher: Friedrich Georg Weitsch . Mann, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7861-2321-7 .
↑ Ulrich Kahmann: A wrong picture of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. New knowledge about the portrait of Friedrich Georg Weitsch. In: Die Tonkunst, October 2010, No. 4, Vol. 4 (2010), ISSN 1863-3536 , pp. 535-539.

personal data
SURNAME	Bach, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 23, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH	June 20, 1814
Place of death	Halle (Saale)

[1] Baptismal register of the Church of Our Dear Women in Halle 1732–1748, p. 425.

[2] Martin Falck: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach . Kahnt, Leipzig 1913, p. 42.

[3] Reimar F. Lacher: Friedrich Georg Weitsch . Mann, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7861-2321-7 .

[4] Ulrich Kahmann: A wrong picture of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. New knowledge about the portrait of Friedrich Georg Weitsch. In: Die Tonkunst, October 2010, No. 4, Vol. 4 (2010), ISSN 1863-3536 , pp. 535-539.