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Johann Jacob Bach

1682 - 1722

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Johann Jacob Bach (or Johann Jakob) (baptised 21 February [O.S. 11 February] 1682 – 16 April 1722) was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is thought to have been born in Eisenach. After his studies at the Latin school there, he became oboist in the municipal band. After the death of their father Johann Ambrosius Bach in 1695, Johann Jacob and Johann Sebastian moved in with their older brother Johann Christoph Bach, organist at Ohrdruf. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Jacob Bach is the 887th most popular composer (up from 908th in 2019), the 3,471st most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,572nd in 2019) and the 132nd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 887 out of 1,451. Before him are Federico Moreno Torroba, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Joseph Canteloube, Käbi Laretei, and Jeanne Demessieux. After him are Vítězslava Kaprálová, Armando Trovajoli, Silvestre Revueltas, Yuri Antonov, Robert Planquette, and Marvin Hamlisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 16. Before him are William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Jacopo Amigoni, Roger Cotes, Jean-François Dandrieu, and Jan van Huysum. After him are Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, John Hadley, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Christian Ferdinand Abel, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and James Gibbs. Among people deceased in 1722, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 17. Before him are Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Claude Gillot, Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, Antoine Coypel, and Sébastien Vaillant. After him are Christoph Dientzenhofer, Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg, Giovanni II Cornaro, and John Lombe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 3,473 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825), Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt (1652), Ingrid Caven (1938), Cilly Aussem (1909), Emilie Snethlage (1868), and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574). After him are Karl Kaufmann (1900), Engelbert II of Berg (1185), Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965), Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1893), Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1712), and Erwin Rösener (1902).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 132. Before him are Heinrich Bach (1615), Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Paul Lincke (1866), Vincent Lübeck (1654), Julius Reubke (1834), and Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750). After him are Cornelius Gurlitt (1820), Werner Egk (1901), Helmut Walcha (1907), Paul Dessau (1894), Heinrich Albert (1604), and Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754).

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