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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

1732 - 1795

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (21 June 1732 – 26 January 1795) was a German composer and harpsichordist, the fifth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the "Bückeburg Bach". Born in Leipzig in the Electorate of Saxony, he was taught music by his father, and also tutored by his distant cousin Johann Elias Bach. He studied at the St. Thomas School, and some believe he studied law at the university there, but there is no record of this. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is the 172nd most popular composer (down from 117th in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from Germany (down from 404th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Composer.

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is most famous for being the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ranks 172 out of 1,451Before him are William Byrd, Karol Szymanowski, Hugo Wolf, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Gian Carlo Menotti. After him are Michel Legrand, Luciano Berio, Henri Vieuxtemps, Max Reger, Giuseppe Torelli, and Francesco Cavalli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ranks 9Before him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Frederick North, Lord North, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Pierre Beaumarchais, Jacques Necker, and Jérôme Lalande. After him are Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, Adélaïde of France, Abbas III, Richard Arkwright, and Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1795, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ranks 5Before him are Louis XVII of France, Alessandro Cagliostro, François-André Danican Philidor, and Sayat-Nova. After him are Henry Clinton, Ahilyabai Holkar, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Georg Benda, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Carl Michael Bellman, and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ranks 645 out of 7,253Before him are Kurt Student (1890), Rudolf von Jhering (1818), Hans von Bülow (1830), Walther Rathenau (1867), Aby Warburg (1866), and Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738). After him are John of Saxony (1801), Wilhelm Marx (1863), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Christopher Clavius (1538), Martin Niemöller (1892), and Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866).

Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ranks 26Before him are Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hindemith (1895), Max Bruch (1838), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), and Kurt Weill (1900). After him are Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Michael Praetorius (1571), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), and Johann Joachim Quantz (1697).