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Heinrich Bach

1615 - 1692

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Heinrich Bach (26 September [O.S. 16 September] 1615 – 20 July [O.S. 10 July] 1692) was a German organist, composer, and a member of the Bach family. Heinrich Bach was born at Wechmar, and is the father of the so-called Arnstadt Line. After the early death of his father, his older brother Johannes Bach continued his music education and taught him organ playing. They moved to Suhl and Schweinfurt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Bach is the 859th most popular composer (down from 846th in 2019), the 3,377th most popular biography from Germany and the 126th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Bach ranks 859 out of 1,451. Before him are Xavier Montsalvatge, Henri Tomasi, Claude Le Jeune, Johann Walter, Henri Rabaud, and Louis Niedermeyer. After him are Alexei Lvov, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ferenc Farkas, Simon Sechter, Paul Lincke, and Philippe de Monte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Heinrich Bach ranks 12. Before him are Philip William, Elector Palatine, Govert Flinck, Marguerite of Lorraine, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Madeleine Béjart, and Maria Caterina Farnese. After him are Richard Baxter, and Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg. Among people deceased in 1692, Heinrich Bach ranks 8. Before him are Elias Ashmole, Emanuel de Witte, Wang Fuzhi, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, and Giovanni Battista Vitali. After him are Christian Louis I, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Cornelis Bloemaert, Thomas Shadwell, and George Etherege.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Bach ranks 3,379 out of 7,253. Before him are Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria (1052), Klaus Wowereit (1953), Ulf Kirsten (1965), Ernst Ziller (1837), Ernst May (1886), and Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (1070). After him are Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1887), Edgar Jung (1894), Adolf Furtwängler (1853), Philipp von Boeselager (1917), Richard Huelsenbeck (1892), and Gustav Hugo (1764).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Bach ranks 126. Before him are Moritz Hauptmann (1792), Christian Cannabich (1731), Johann Krieger (1651), Julius Röntgen (1855), Heinrich Scheidemann (1596), and Johann Walter (1496). After him are Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Paul Lincke (1866), Vincent Lübeck (1654), Julius Reubke (1834), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), and Johann Jacob Bach (1682).

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