PEDIGREE OF MUSICIANS IN THE BACH FAMILY
Reading edition
(Composers are distinguished by spaced type)
VEIT BACH, d. 1619 (Cithara), Wechmar.
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Lips (See page 130). HANS, d. 1626 (Der Spielmann), Arnstadt.
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Johann, 1604-1673 (Town Musician and Organist) Erfurt. CHRISTOPH, 1613-1661 (Town Musician), Erfurt and Arnstadt. Heinrich, 1615-1692 (Organist), Arnstadt.
Johann, 1604-1673 (Town Musician and Organist), Erfurt.
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Johann Christian, 1640-1682 (Viol), Erfurt and Eisenach. Johann Aegidius, 1645-1717 (Viol), Erfurt. │ Johann Nikolaus, 1653-1682 (Viola-da-Gamba), Erfurt.
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Johann Jakob, 1668-1692 (Town Musician), Eisenach. Johann Christoph, 1673-1727 (Cantor and Organist), Gehren. Johann Bernhard, 1676-1749 (Organist), Eisenach. │ │ Johann Ernst, 1722-1777 (Capellmeister), Weimar. Johann Christoph, 1685-post 1735 (Town Musician), Erfurt.
CHRISTOPH, 1613-1661 (Town Musician), Erfurt and Arnstadt.
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Georg Christoph, 1642-1697 (Cantor), Schweinfurt. JOHANN AMBROSIUS, 1645-1695 (Viol), Eisenach. Johann Christoph, 1645-1693 (Viol), Arnstadt.
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Johann Valentin, 1669-1720 (Town Musician), Schweinfurt. Johann Christoph, 1671-1721 (Organist), Ohrdruf. │ Johann JAKOB, 1682-1722 (Haut-boy), Stockholm. JOHANN SEBASTIAN, 1685-1750 (Director Musices), Leipzig. Johann Ernst, 1683-1739 (Organist), Arnstadt.
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Johann Lorenz, 1695-1773 (Organist), Lahm. Johann Elias 1705-1755 (Cantor), Schweinfurt Tobias Friedrich, b. 1695 (Cantor), Uttstädt. Johann Bernhard, 1700-1744 (Organist), Ohrdruf. Johann Christoph b. 1702 (Cantor), Ohrdruf. Johann Heinrich, b. 1707 (Cantor), Uehringen. Johann Andreas, b. 1713 (Organist), Ohrdruf.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN, 1685-1750 (Director Musices), Leipzig.
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Wilhelm, Friedemann, 1710-1784 (Organist), Halle Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788 (Capellmeister), Berlin. Johann Gottfried Bernhard, 1715-1739 (Organist), Muelhausen Johann Christian, 1735-1783 (Court Musician) Johann Christoph Friedrich, 1732-1795 (Concertmeister) │ Wilhelm, 1753-1846 (Court Musician), Berlin.
Heinrich, 1615-1692 (Organist), Arnstadt.
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Johann Christoph, 1642-1703 (Organist), Eisenach, Johann Michael, 1648-1694 (Organist), Gehren. Johann Guenther, 1653-1683 (Organist), Arnstadt.
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JOHANN Nikolaus, 1669-1753 (Organist), Jena. JOHANN Christoph, b. 1674 (Music Master), Erfurt and England. JOHANN Friedrich, d. 1730 (Organist), Muehlhausen. JOHANN Michael, (OrganBuilder), abroad.
LIPS BACH, d. 1620; presumably a son of Veit.
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_Wendel_, 1619-1682. │ Jakob, 1655-1718 (Cantor), Ruhla. Jonas and two other sons (Musicians in Italy).
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Johann Ludwig, 1677-1741 (Capell-director), Meiningen. Nikolaus Ephraim (Organist), Gandersheim. _Georg Michael_, 1703-1771. │ │ │ Johann Christian, 1743-1814 (Music Master), Halle.
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Samuel Anton, 1713-1781 (Court Organist), Meinigen. Gottlieb Friedrich, 1714-1785 (Court Organist), Meiningen. │ Johann Philipp, d. 1846 (Court Organist), Meiningen.