Famous People with Name Bach

Johann Jacob Bach            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Johann Jacob Bach: was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is thought to have been born in Eisenach. After his studies at the Latin school in Eisenach, he became oboist in the municipal band. After the death of their father Johann Ambrosius Bach in 1695, Johann Jacob and Johann Sebastian moved in with their older brother Johann Christoph Bach, organist at Ohrdruf.[1] In 1704, he entered the service in the military band of the army of King Charles XII of Sweden. It is thought that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his Capriccio on the departure of his Beloved Brother BWV 992 on this occasion.[2][3]

Johann Ludwig Bach            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Johann Ludwig Bach: was a composer and violinist. He was a second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach, who made copies of several of his cantatas and performed them at Leipzig. The cantata Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, BWV 15, once thought to be by Johann Sebastian, and listed as BWV 15 in Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of his works, is now thought to be by Johann Ludwig.

Johann Nicolaus Bach            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Johann Nicolaus Bach: was a German composer of the Baroque period. Johann Nicolaus was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach and the second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was educated at the University of Jena, where he would later become organist. He attended the Eisenach Latin school until 1689, and was a student of the Jena city organist J.M. Knüpfer, a son of Sebastian Knüpfer; after an Italian sojourn in 1696, he became organist at the Stadtkirche and the Kollegiatkirche in Jena. He was influenced by Antonio Lotti. He later joined the Danish army. He then returned to Jena where he lived for the rest of his life. Few of his compositions survive. He was also a maker of harpsichords and organs.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: was a German composer and performer. Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and composer, his income and employment were unstable and he died in poverty. Wilhelm Friedemann (hereafter Friedemann) was born in Weimar, where his father was employed as organist and chamber musician to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach: was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music director to Frederick William II of Prussia. He said, "Heredity can tend to run out of ideas." He should not be confused with Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, his uncle, also a composer. At the unveiling of the Bach Monument in Leipzig on 23 April 1843, WFE met Robert Schumann. Schumann later described WFE as "a very agile old gentleman of 84 years with snow-white hair and expressive features."[1]