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Johann Ambrosius Bach

1645 - 1695

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Johann Ambrosius Bach (22 February 1645 – 20 February 1695) was a German musician, father to Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Ambrosius Bach is the 202nd most popular composer (up from 224th in 2019), the 773rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 887th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Composer.

Johann Ambrosius Bach is most famous for being the father of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was a composer and an organist.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 202 out of 1,451. Before him are Niccolò Piccinni, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Luigi Nono, Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Stamitz, and Witold Lutosławski. After him are Henry Mancini, Jordi Savall, Anna Maria Mozart, Gilles Binchois, Johann Joachim Quantz, and Komitas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 2. Before him is Marc-Antoine Charpentier. After him are William Kidd, Jean de La Bruyère, William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, Anne Dacier, Andreas Werckmeister, Nicolas Lemery, and Maria de Dominici. Among people deceased in 1695, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 6. Before him are Christiaan Huygens, Jean de La Fontaine, Ahmed II, Henry Purcell, and Juana Inés de la Cruz. After him are Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Zumbi, Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, and Thomas Tew.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 773 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Mölders (1913), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Anna Seghers (1900), and Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914). After him are Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Thomas Anders (1963), Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), and Kurt Koffka (1886).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 31. Before him are Kurt Weill (1900), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), and Michael Praetorius (1571). After him are Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Carl Reinecke (1824), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Carl Stamitz (1745), and Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724).

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