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Johann Christoph Bach

1671 - 1721

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Johann Christoph Bach (16 June 1671 – 22 February 1721) was a musician of the Bach family. He was the eldest of the brothers of Johann Sebastian Bach who survived childhood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christoph Bach is the 266th most popular composer (up from 526th in 2019), the 1,014th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,058th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 266 out of 1,451Before him are Pierre Schaeffer, Ion Ivanovici, Antonio Caldara, Francesco Landini, Niels Gade, and Giovanni Battista Sammartini. After him are Andrea Luchesi, Saverio Mercadante, Turlough O'Carolan, Joseph Lanner, Howard Shore, and Johann Christoph Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 8Before him are John Law, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Frederick IV of Denmark, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Rob Roy MacGregor, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, and Luigi Guido Grandi. Among people deceased in 1721, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 5Before him are Pope Clement XI, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Alexander Selkirk, and Mary Read. After him are Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Charles Vane, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Edward Colston, and Pierre Daniel Huet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 1,014 out of 7,253Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Erich Kempka (1910), Eva Hesse (1936), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), and Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497). After him are Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Zwentibold (870), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Roland Emmerich (1955), and Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747).

Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 38Before 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). After him are Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Hanns Eisler (1898), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Georg Böhm (1661), and Johann Jakob Froberger (1616).