His godfather, a prince, also named Leopold, employed Bach as Kapellmeister between 17. Leopold Augustus Bach (1718 - 1719)īorn on 15 November, Bach's seventh child lived for ten short months, and was buried on 29 September 1719. Unlike them, however, he didn't have the opportunity to go to university, and secretly abandoned his musical career in order to study law. Johann Gottfried was born on and, as was the case with his brothers, went on to become a professional musician. Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715 - 1739) Bach is said to have muttered under his breath, “What rhythms!”Ħ. At the end of one royal performance, a delighted sycophant exclaimed, “Your Majesty, what rhythm!” C.P.E. Frederick believed himself to be a much better flautist than he was and often took liberties with the tempo. Bach’s position as court musician to Frederick the Great also included the task of providing accompaniment on the keyboard for the king’s flute solos.
“He is the father, we are the children,” Mozart said of C.P.E. He formed a musical bridge between the Baroque and Classical eras. His Essay on the True Art of Keyboard Playing established him as the leading keyboard teacher of the time. Building on the Baroque training he learned as a boy, he became one of the foremost clavier players in Europe (after studying for a degree in law).
Bach was a highly original composer of symphonies, keyboard and choral music. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)Īrguably the most gifted of J.S. Johann Christoph lived no longer than a few hours after his birth, and his sister died a few weeks later, around the 13 March 1713.Ĭarl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Getty 5. Bach's third and fourth children, twins, were born on 23 February 1713 when Bach was 28. Johann Christoph Bach and Maria Sophia Bach (Born and died in 1713) Thanks to his intensive musical training, Wilhelm went on to become an organist and taught none other than Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, the man whose name is immortalised in the great Goldberg Variations.ģ & 4. Bach even wrote Wilhelm a graded course of keyboard studies, called the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Wilhelm followed in his father's footsteps and became a composer. Bach's eldest son with his first wife, Maria Barbara.
0 kommentar(er)
