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Johann Christoph Bach

1642 - 1703

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Johann Christoph Bach (baptised 18 December [O.S. 8 December] 1642 – 31 March 1703) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period. Johann Christoph was an older cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach who would later describe him in his Genealogy (Ursprung, 1735) as "the profound composer", suggesting a solid reputation not only within the family but also in wider musical society. He is not to be confused with Johann Sebastian Bach's son, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christoph Bach is the 272nd most popular composer (down from 260th in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,032nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Composer.

Johann Christoph Bach is most famous for being the father of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Among composers, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 272 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Christoph Bach, Andrea Luchesi, Saverio Mercadante, Turlough O'Carolan, Joseph Lanner, and Howard Shore. After him are Friedrich Kuhlau, Steve Reich, Miklós Rózsa, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Henryk Górecki, and Anton Reicha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 7. Before him are Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gülnuş Sultan, Andrea Pozzo, and Shitao. After him are Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, André Charles Boulle, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, and Zheng Jing. Among people deceased in 1703, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 7. Before him are Charles Perrault, Robert Hooke, Mustafa II, Man in the Iron Mask, John Wallis, and Vincenzo Viviani. After him are Ilona Zrínyi, Samuel Pepys, Erik Dahlbergh, Maria de Dominici, Nicolas de Grigny, and Charles de Saint-Évremond.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 1,040 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831), August Kopff (1882), Boris Becker (1967), and Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774). After him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), William II of Württemberg (1848), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), and Klaus Nomi (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 39. Before him are Carl Reinecke (1824), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Carl Stamitz (1745), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), and Johann Christoph Bach (1671). After him are Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Hanns Eisler (1898), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Georg Böhm (1661), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), and Johann Mattheson (1681).

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