Johann Michael Bach III

Johann Michael Bach (born November 9, 1745 in Struth near Schmalkalden ; † June 13, 1820 in Elberfeld ), also called Tanner Bach , or more rarely Elberfeld Bach or Schmalkalden Bach , was a German composer from the Bach family . His relationship to the Wechmar line, from which Johann Sebastian Bach comes, has not been fully clarified.

Life and works

He traveled to Holland and (allegedly) England at an early age , worked as a cantor in Tann , studied in Göttingen and Leipzig , and settled as a lawyer in Güstrow for a few years . In 1785 he returned to Tann, where he again worked as cantor. In 1795 he went to Basel and spent the evening of his life in Elberfeld, a district of today's Wuppertal .

The following works have come down to us from him:

six harpsichord concerts
sacred cantatas
secular cantatas
Song collection "Swiss nature scenes"
Figured bass

Individual evidence

↑ "Here we finally had the opportunity to introduce Johann Michael Bach (II) as the 'Wuppertaler' Bach that he had proven to be for us in the meantime and whose cantata we had put aside in January 1986." Hans-Martin Linde , Regula Rapp : Provocation and Tradition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-476-01663-3 .
↑ "There was even another writer in the dynasty who was fit for the stage, his name was Johann Michael Bach, [...] found his livelihood as a music teacher at a grammar school in Elberfeld, now in Wuppertal, where he died in 1820 at the age of 75." Michael Arntz: Hugo Riemann (1849–1919): Life, Work and Effect. Concerto, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-9803578-7-2 . At the same time dissertation at the University of Cologne.

literature

Thomas Nüdling: Studies on Johann Michael Bach. Life and work; Written term paper submitted as part of the first state examination for teaching qualifications for secondary levels I and II in the subject of music . Detmold 2002.

Web links

Works by and about Johann Michael Bach III in the catalog of the German National Library
Catalog of works at klassika.info
Johann Michael Bach III at Allmusic (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Bach, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer, son of Johann Elias Bach
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH	Struth near Schmalkalden
DATE OF DEATH	June 13, 1820
Place of death	Elberfeld

[1] "Here we finally had the opportunity to introduce Johann Michael Bach (II) as the 'Wuppertaler' Bach that he had proven to be for us in the meantime and whose cantata we had put aside in January 1986." Hans-Martin Linde , Regula Rapp : Provocation and Tradition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-476-01663-3 .

[2] "There was even another writer in the dynasty who was fit for the stage, his name was Johann Michael Bach, [...] found his livelihood as a music teacher at a grammar school in Elberfeld, now in Wuppertal, where he died in 1820 at the age of 75." Michael Arntz: Hugo Riemann (1849–1919): Life, Work and Effect. Concerto, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-9803578-7-2 . At the same time dissertation at the University of Cologne.