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Gottfried Heinrich Bach (born: 26 February 1724 – funeral: 12 February 1763) was a child of Johann Sebastian Bach and the firstborn son of his second wife Anna Magdalena Bach. He was born in Leipzig, where his parents had moved the year before his birth.
- His Marriages
- Being A Father
- His Children with Maria Barbara
- His Children with Anna Magdalena
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Bach was married twice – first to Maria Barbara from 1707 to 1720 and then to Anna Magdalena from 1721 to 1750. His first wife died tragically after just thirteen years of marriage while Bach was travelling. He had left his hometown of Cöthen and accompanied Prince Leopold to Carlsbad, a spa town in the south of Germany. When he returned after two ...
Fatherhood may have been a challenging role for Bach – famously both of his parents died before he was ten years old and he was taken under the care of his older brother, Johann Christoph, under whose guidance Bach flourished. The composer has often been portrayed as being entirely devoted to his work, spending long hours composing in solitude, so ...
Bach became a father for the first time at the rather young age of twenty-three and his first-born, Catharina Dorothea Bach (1708 – 1774), went on to become an accomplished singer. After Catharina he had his first son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 – 1784), a respected organist, and twins Johann Christoph Bach and Maria Sophia Bach who both died no...
Anna Magdalena gave birth to an astonishing thirteen children with only six living into adulthood – Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724 – 1763) who was said to be mildly handicapped but gifted; Elisabeth Juliana Friederica (1726 – 1781) who married one of her father’s pupils; Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732 – 1795, image left) who was another compo...
Learn about Bach's two marriages, his twenty children, and his musical legacy. Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724-1763) was one of his sons with Anna Magdalena, who was said to be mildly handicapped but gifted.
Gottfried Heinrich Bach (* 26. Februar 1724 in Leipzig; beigesetzt am 12. Februar 1763 in Naumburg) war der erstgeborene Sohn aus der zweiten Ehe des deutschen Kantors und Komponisten Johann Sebastian Bach mit der Sängerin Anna Magdalena geborene Wilcke.
Jun 14, 2017 · Gottfried Heinrich Bach [48] (Musician, Bach's Pupil) Born: February 26, 1724 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Died: buried Febuary 12, 1763 - Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Gottfried Heinrich Bach [48] was the eldest son of J.S. Bach and Anna Magdalena Bach.
Dec 9, 2021 · Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724 - 1763) It's thought Gottfried was mildly mentally handicapped in some way, signs of which were picked up from an early age. Luckily he had plenty of supportive siblings: C.P.E. Bach said his younger brother showed a 'great genius, which failed to develop'.
A further four survived into adulthood: Gottfried Heinrich; Elisabeth Juliane Friederica (1726–1781), who married Bach's pupil Johann Christoph Altnickol; Johanna Carolina (1737–1781); and Regina Susanna (1742–1809). Of Bach's surviving children, only five married.
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Gottfried Heinrich Bach (born: 26 February 1724 – funeral: 12 February 1763) was a child of Johann Sebastian Bach and the firstborn son of his second wife Anna Magdalena Bach.
