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Johann Ernst Bach (28 January 1722 – 1 September 1777) was a German composer of the Classical Period. He was the son of Johann Bernhard Bach.

Johann Ernst Bach
Possible portrait of Bach.
BornJanuary 28th, 1722
Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar
DiedSeptember 28th, 1777
Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar
EraClassical
Known forComposition
Parent
  • Johann Bernhard Bach (father)

Life


Johann Ernst Bach, the son of Johann Bernhard Bach, was born in Eisenach and baptized on January 30, 1722. In his early life, Bach studied at the Lateinschule in Eisenach from 1732 to 1735. On January 16, 1737, he entered the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where he then became a pupil of his uncle Johann Sebastian Bach. Being a student of J.S Bach, he assisted his uncle in copying his music. During the years of 1740 to 1741, he studied law at the Universität Eisenach. He returned to Eisenach in 1741 or 1742[1] and filled in for his ailing father as a choirmaster and organist. In 1748, he became his father's official assistant, and in 1749 he was his successor. He continued to practice law as well. In 1756, he was appointed Hofkapellmeister "in view of his well known skill and musical knowledge". Due to the fusion of the courts, he frequently travelled between Weimar, Gotha, and Eisenach; during this time, he worked with Georg Benda on the reorganization of the Hofkapelle. When it was dissolved in 1758, after the death of Duke Ernst August, he retained his title and took over duties in the administration of the ducal finances. He died on September 1, 1777.[2]


Style


Page from Sonata per il clavicembalo col violino, 18th century, by Bach
Page from Sonata per il clavicembalo col violino, 18th century, by Bach

As a composer, Johann Ernst was abreast of the stylistic innovations of his time, although he did not exclude contrapuntal writings. His works are often highly dramatic and full of effects. His songs depend on the past tradition of Görner, Gräfe, and Mizler; he often wrote galant melodies filled with lively basses and elaborate accompaniments. A picture of his perceptions of music can be deduced from the introduction he wrote to Jacob Adlung's Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit (1758). In it he generally criticizes the declining trend of the religious music of his time and promotes the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and Gottfried Heinrich Stelzel. His distaste for secular music can be seen through his surviving compositions, most of which are sacred. It has been widely accepted that Bach had private lessons with his uncle, which likely had an influence on his own composition.


Works



Vocal



Sacred cantatas



Other sacred works



Secular cantatas



Instrumental



Keyboard works


References


  1. "Johann Ernst Bach [34] (Composer, Organ, Lawyer, Copyist, Bach's Pupil)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 'Wolff', 'Cristoph' (1984). The New Grove Bach Family. Hong Kong: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 307–308. ISBN 0-393-30088-9.

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[de] Johann Ernst Bach (Komponist)

Johann Ernst Bach (* 28. Januar 1722 in Eisenach; † 1. September 1777 ebenda) war ein deutscher Organist und Komponist aus der Familie Bach. Er ist der Sohn von Johann Bernhard Bach.
- [en] Johann Ernst Bach II

[es] Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777)

Johann Ernst Bach (28 de enero de 1722 - 1 de septiembre de 1777) fue un organista alemán.



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