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Johann Ludwig Bach

1677 - 1731

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Johann Ludwig Bach (14 February [O.S. 4 February] 1677 – 1 May 1731) was a German composer and violinist. He was born in Thal (Ruhla) near Eisenach. At the age of 22 he moved to Meiningen eventually being appointed cantor there, and later Kapellmeister. He wrote a large amount of music and regularly oversaw performances, both at Meiningen and neighbouring courts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Ludwig Bach is the 511th most popular composer (down from 449th in 2019), the 2,025th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,779th in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Ludwig Bach ranks 511 out of 1,451. Before him are Igor Markevitch, Robert Fuchs, Joseph Kosma, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Fredrik Pacius, and Kaija Saariaho. After him are Luis Bacalov, Bill Conti, Leroy Anderson, Jean Françaix, Reinhard Keiser, and Jean Absil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1677, Johann Ludwig Bach ranks 6. Before him are Stanisław Leszczyński, Li Ching-Yuen, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Jacques Cassini, and Stephen Hales. After him are Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, Pietro Grimani, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Nicola Fago, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1731, Johann Ludwig Bach ranks 11. Before him are Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Frederik Ruysch, and Violante Beatrice of Bavaria. After him are Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, Mary Astell, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Ferdinand Brokoff.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Ludwig Bach ranks 2,026 out of 7,253. Before him are Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), Ernst Nolte (1923), Fredrik Pacius (1809), and Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922). After him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584), Wilhelm Souchon (1864), Hans F. K. Günther (1891), Otto Dietrich (1897), and Heinrich Schwarz (1906).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Ludwig Bach ranks 79. Before him are Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Johann Crüger (1598), and Fredrik Pacius (1809). After him are Reinhard Keiser (1674), Friedrich Wieck (1785), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), Johann David Heinichen (1683), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), and Conradin Kreutzer (1780).

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