Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (11 May 1715 – 27 May 1739) was a German musician. It is not known whether he composed,[1] and his career as an organist is not in itself notable, but his life throws light on his famous father, the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Johann Gottfried was the fourth child of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach to reach adulthood.
Early life
He was born in Weimar, where his father was employed, until 1717 when the family moved to Köthen. His mother died in Köthen in 1720 and his father remarried the following year.[1][2]
Education
In 1723 his father was appointed Thomaskantor in Leipzig. J.S. Bach is believed to have moved to Leipzig partly because of the educational opportunities there for his sons. J.G.B. Bach attended the Thomasschule, where his father was responsible for the musical education which formed an important part of the curriculum. He also studied privately with his father.
Musical career
In contrast to his elder brothers Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel he did not get the opportunity to study at Leipzig University after finishing school. Like his father before him, Johann Gottfried Bernhard auditioned for posts as a musician. He first served as organist at the Marienkirche, the largest church in Mühlhausen in 1735. Johann Sebastian Bach had been employed at Divi Blasii, Mühlhausen's other main church. Johann Sebastian was there in 1707–1708, and despite the briefness of his stay he was well regarded by the town council,[3] carrying out commissions for them after moving to Weimar. He was succeeded as organist by one of his cousins.
Johann Gottfried also only spent a short time in the Mühlhausen, moving in 1737 to find a new engagement as organist at the Jakobikirche in Sangerhausen.[4] It was a post for which his father had applied as a young man. However, a new organ by Zacharias Hildebrandt had since been installed.
In 1738, he was burdened with debt and abandoned a career in music in order to study law in Jena. There he died prematurely at age 24.
References
- ^ a b "Johann Sebastian Bach: chronology (1715, 1720)". Bach Archiv.
- ^ Geiringer, Karl (1966). Johann Sebastian Bach: The Culmination of an Era. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-19-500554-7.
- ^ Melamed, Daniel R. (2001). "The Text of "Gott ist mein König" BWV 71". Bach. 32 (1). Riemenschneider Bach Institute: 1–16. JSTOR 41640484. Accessed via JSTOR (subscription required)
- ^ "Bach, Johann Gottfried Bernhard". bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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- Anna Magdalena Bach (2nd wife)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (son)
- Christoph Bach (grandfather)
- Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (mother)
- Georg Christoph Bach (uncle)
- Gottfried Heinrich Bach (son)
- Johann Aegidius Bach (uncle)
- Johann Ambrosius Bach (father)
- Johann Bernhard Bach (2nd cousin)
- Johann Bernhard Bach the Younger (nephew)
- Johann Christian Bach (son)
- Johann Christoph Altnickol (son-in-law)
- Johann Christoph Bach (1st cousin once removed)
- Johann Christoph Bach (organist at Ohrdruf) (brother)
- Johann Christoph Bach (musician at Arnstadt) (uncle)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (son)
- Johann Ernst Bach (musician at Saxe-Weimar) (2nd cousin once removed)
- Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (son)
- Johann Jacob Bach (brother)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (3rd cousin)
- Johann Michael Bach (father-in-law)
- Johann Michael Bach (nephew)
- Johann Nicolaus Bach (2nd cousin)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (self)
- Johann Sebastian Bach the Younger (grandson)
- Johannes Bach I (great-grandfather)
- Johannes Bach
- Maria Barbara Bach (1st wife/2nd cousin)
- Veit Bach (great-great-grandfather)
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (son)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (grandson)
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