Johann Jacob Bach

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Johann Jacob Bach (or Johann Jakob ) (February baptized 11 . Jul / 21 February 1682 greg. In Eisenach , † 16th April 1722 in Stockholm ) was a German musician and older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach .

Life

Johann Jacob Bach was born as the second youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach , who worked as a town piper and court musician in Eisenach, and his wife Elisabeth. Like his siblings, he attended Latin school in his hometown. His parents died in quick succession in 1694 and 1695, so that he was orphaned at the age of 13. The further upbringing of the two youngest children, Johann Jacob and Johann Sebastian, was taken over by the older brother Johann Christoph Bach , who worked as an organist at the Michaeliskirche in Ohrdruf . However, his income as an organist was not enough to finance the education of his two younger brothers in addition to his growing family, so that they were forced to contribute to the family support. That may have been one reason why Johann Jacob (unlike his brother Johann Sebastian) decided at the age of 14 to finish school and begin an apprenticeship as a musician with Johann Heinrich Halle, his father's successor in Eisenach . In 1704 Johann Jacob decided to work as an oboist , d. H. in the court chapel of King Charles XII. from Sweden to kick. This opportunity arose because Charles XII. with his armies in the course of the Great Northern War in Poland had advanced to Saxony . There are suspicions that the Capriccio sopra la lontananza de il fratro dilettissimo in B flat major ( BWV 992) composed by Johann Sebastian Bach refers to his brother's departure for Poland, but this is not proven, it could also be on the occasion of the farewell to Johann Sebastian's school friend Georg Erdmann was created.

From then on, Johann Jacob accompanied the Swedish king with his band on his campaigns through Northern and Eastern Europe. When the Swedish fortunes of war turned and the Swedes suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Poltava in the Ukraine in 1709, Johann Jacob fled to Constantinople to the Ottoman court, as did the Swedish king . There he came into contact with the French musician Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin . In 1713, like King Charles XII. on detours to Stockholm. On May 31, 1715 he married Susanna Maria Gaast, who died after a few years of marriage. His marriage to his second Swedish wife, Ingeborg Magdalena Norell, concluded on October 15, 1721, was short-lived, as Johann Jacob died in Stockholm at the age of 40.

literature

Fiction
  • Olaf Schmidt : The king's oboist. The adventurous life of Johann Jacob Bach. Galiani-Verlag, 2019.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ital .: " Capriccio on the departure of the beloved brother".
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Johann Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, brother of Johann Sebastian Bach
DATE OF BIRTH baptized February 21, 1682
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenach
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1722
Place of death Stockholm