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| | Bach, Johann Sebastian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Student and chorister, Michaelisschule, Lüneburg (170003); organist, Arnstadt (170307); studied organ under Buxtehude, Lübeck (1705); organist of Blasiuskirche, Mühlhausen (170708); court organist, Weimar (170817); court concertmeister, Weimar (171417); court Kapellmeister, Köthen (171723); cantor, Thomasschule, and director of university music, Leipzig (from 1723); honorary court composer, Dresden (1736). |
 | | Johann Christian (17351782); called "the English Bach"; cathedral organist, Milan (1760); composer to Kings Theatre and then music master to Queen Charlotte Sophia, London (1762); cofounder of Bach-Abel concerts (1765); composer of operas, oratorios, many arias and cantatas, clavier concertos, chamber music, symphonies, overtures, etc. A leading exponent of Italianate Rococo style; influenced Mozart. |
 | | Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (17591845); son of J. Bach; organist, pianist, and composer; Kapellmeister at Berlin (1789), and later music teacher of royal family; works included cantatas, songs, and piano pieces. |
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