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  2. Dec 9, 2021 · Johann Sebastian Bach, with his wives Maria Barbara (m. 1707–1720) and Anna Magdalena (m. 1721–1750), fathered 20 children over his lifetime. His first was born in 1708 when Bach was 23, with his last coming into the world in 1742, when the composer was 57.

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    Of the seven children that Johann Sebastian Bach had with his first wife Maria Barbara Bach, his second cousin, four survived into adulthood: Catharina Dorothea Bach (1708–1774); Wilhelm Friedemann; Carl Philipp Emanuel (the "Berlin Bach", later the "Hamburg Bach"); and Johann Gottfried Bernhard.

  4. May 27, 2024 · Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children, 7 with his first wife and 13 with his second wife. Only 10 of them lived to adulthood. Several of his sons, including Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, and Johann Christian, who was called the “English Bach,” were also composers.

  5. Mar 23, 2019 · Johann Sebastian Bach’s Children. Johann Sebastian Bach married his second cousin, Maria Barbara, in October 1707 and they had 7 children together: Catharina Dorothea was their first child, born in December 1708. She became a singer and helped her father with his music copying.

  6. Here is what became of the 20 Bach children: - ten died in early childhood. - one son died of unknown causes at age 24. - one daughter married a pupil of Bach's. - three daughters remained unmarried and [therefore] died in poverty. - one son was mentally handicapped and required a caretaker.

  7. Aug 16, 2017 · Bach was married twice — first to Maria Barbara Bach and, upon her death, to Anna Magdalena Wilcke — and sired 20 children. 10 survived into adulthood — six sons and four daughters. While we're left to wonder what kind of talents their sisters may have harbored, four of those sons went on to become notable composers in their own right.

  8. Apr 3, 2014 · Childhood. Born in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, on March 31, 1685 (N.S.) / March 21, 1685 (O.S.), Johann Sebastian Bach came from a family of musicians, stretching back several generations....

  9. Sep 6, 2022 · There are 20 Bach children in all, but only ten lived through adulthood. Four of the surviving ten Bach children became great musicians and composers like their father, J.S. Bach. Here is a closer look at the Bach family and their legacy.

  10. Nov 16, 2015 · Johann Sebastian Bach had two wives and a total of 20 children. Sadly, only half of those children survived to adulthood. But of those 10, four became notable composers; each with their own story, their own home town and their own relationship with their father’s music. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

  11. From his compositions and children to the pronunciation of his name, here’s everything you need to know about the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

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