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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bach , German family of distinguished musicians who flourished from the 16th through the 18th cent., its most renowned member being Johann Sebastian Bach (see separate article). Johannes or Hans Bach, c.1550-1626, was a Thuringian carpetweaver and a musical performer at festivals. His sons and descendants were noted organists and composers. One of his grandsons was Johann Ambrosius Bach, 1645-95, violinist, town musician at Eisenach, and father of Johann Sebastian Bach. Johann Sebastian's eldest brother, Johann Christoph Bach, 1671-1721, was organist at Ohrdruf. When his paren... Read more

Bach (Family)
Bach (Family). The Bach family lived from the early 16th cent. in the Thuringian duchies of Saxe-Weimar-Eise...organists, cantors, or town musicians over a span of 300 years. J. S. Bach himself compiled a genealogy of his family, which began, as far as his... Read more

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Johann Sebastian Bach Born: March 21, 1685 Eisenach, Germany...composer and organist Johann Sebastian Bach are the utmost expression of polyphony...in his time. Early life Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685, in Eisenach... Read more

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