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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was a male composer, organist, pianist, and musician born in Weimar in 1710. He was a member of the Bach family and the son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, with Anna Magdalena Bach as his stepparent. His siblings included Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach. He was educated at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and Leipzig University.
Bach worked in Halle (Saale) and Dresden and was associated with classical music. He held citizenship in the Holy Roman Empire and Germany. He practiced Lutheranism and played the organ. He died in Berlin in 1784. His works have been described by sources such as Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
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Vinony's link graph records 353 inbound references to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and connects out to Trio Sonatas for Organ, BWV 525–530, Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
It is catalogued under topics including 1710 births, 1784 deaths and 18th-century German classical composers.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1710
- Active to
- 1784
Discography
- The Complete Organ Music1984
- Six duos pour deux flûtes1985
- Six Harpsichord Sonatas1989
- Œuvres pour clavecin1990
- Six Duets1994
- Concertos pour clavecin et cordes1995
- Sinfonias / Suite in G minor / Concerto for Harpsichord in D Major1997
- Sonatas for Harpsichord1997
- 12 Polonaises2000
- Six Duets For Two Flutes2000
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26,464
- Total plays
- 137,252
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22nd November 1710–1st July 1784), eldest son and pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, was a German composer and musician whose troubled personality and erratic career made him considerably less influential than his younger brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, despite his acknowledged talents as an organist, improviser, and composer in the galant, or rococo, style of the mid-18th century. Born in Weimar and educated at Leipzig <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wilhelm+Friede
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1710-11-22 ) 22 November 1710, Weimar
- Died
- 1 July 1784 (1784-07-01) (aged 73), Berlin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Family name
- Bach
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Weimar
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Father
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Mother
- Anna Magdalena Bach
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Family
- Bach family
- Student of
- Johann Gottlieb Graun
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- classical music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Wilhelm Friedeman Bach.png
- Work location
- Dresden
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- Commons category
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- date of birth
- 1710-11-22
- date of death
- 1784-07-01
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- Commons gallery
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- stepparent
- Anna Magdalena Bach
- start of work period
- 1773-00-00
- P8168
- C-101 Aviojet
- Commons Creator page
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
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Sources (8)
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Works in European collections
25 objects attributed to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 1710 – 1 July 1784) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Despite his acknowledged genius as an improviser and composer, his income and employment were unstable, and he died in poverty.
Life
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