Nicolaus Ephraim Bach
Nicolaus Ephraim Bach (* 1690 ; baptized on November 26 . Jul / 6. December 1690 greg. In Wasungen ; † 12. August 1760 in Gandersheim ), called the "Gandersheimer Bach" was a German organist of the Bach family . He was the son of the organist and cantor Jacob Bach (1655–1718) from his second marriage to Dorothea Katharina, b. Herwig.
Live and act
In January 1715, Duke Anton Ulrich (Sachsen-Meiningen) gave him the order “to write off that in front of a few pieces of music and accord it to him”, for which he received 10 thalers. In the same year he switched to his older sister Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen , abbess of the imperial monastery of Gandersheim. Here he finally worked his way up to the abbey Kapellmeister . In 1719 he was initially employed as an organist and cellar master. From the autumn of 1724 he kept the abbess's private accounts and rose to become her artistic director , possibly also being responsible for the monastery’s art collections. On April 6, 1729 he was appointed organist and vicar to St. Spiritus and St. Hieronymus.
Nicolaus Ephraim Bach was married twice and had a total of seven children. His youngest son, Ernst Heinrich Ephraim Bach (1756–1835), was the founder of the so-called " Aschersleben Line" of the Bach family .
literature
- Alfred Erck, Hannelore Schneider: Musicians and monarchs in Meiningen 1680–1763 , Bielsteinverlag, Meiningen 2006, 245–246.
- Maren Goltz: Musicians Lexicon of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen , 2012, p. 25f. (PDF; 3.2 MB)
- Bach, Nicolaus Ephraim. In: Brockhaus Encyclopedia in twenty-four volumes. Volume 25: Register of Persons. FA Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1994, ISBN 3765311006 , p. 70 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Web links
- Nicolaus Ephraim Bach at bach-cantatas.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Goetting: The Diocese of Hildesheim: Das Reichsunmittelbare Kanonissenstift Gandersheim (Volume 7 of Germania sacra : historical-statistical description of the Church of the Old Kingdom: New series). de Gruyter, Berlin 1973, ISBN 3-11-004219-3 , p. 520 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bach, Nicolaus Ephraim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bach, Gandersheimer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized December 6, 1690 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wasungen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1760 |
| Place of death | Gandersheim |