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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

1710 - 1784

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 1710 – 1 July 1784) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Despite his acknowledged genius as an improviser and composer, his income and employment were unstable, and he died in poverty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach is the 159th most popular composer (down from 78th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Germany (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Composer.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was a composer and pianist. He is most famous for being the eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Among composers, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ranks 159 out of 1,451. Before him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, François-Joseph Gossec, Léonin, Ottorino Respighi, George Enescu, and César Cui. After him are Enrique Granados, Iannis Xenakis, Eduard Strauss, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Kurt Weill, and Adrian Willaert.

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Among people born in 1710, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ranks 5. Before him are Louis XV of France, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, and Thomas Reid. After him are Muhammad bin Saud, András Hadik, Domenico Alberti, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, and Carl Alexander Clerck. Among people deceased in 1784, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ranks 4. Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, and Phillis Wheatley. After him are Samuel Johnson, Giovanni Battista Martini, Junípero Serra, Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, and Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ranks 617 out of 7,253. Before him are Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Erich Hoepner (1886), Emile Berliner (1851), Horst Wessel (1907), Paul Breitner (1951), and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908). After him are Feodor Lynen (1911), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Till Lindemann (1963), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), and Wolfgang Paul (1913).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ranks 24. Before him are Heinrich Schütz (1585), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hindemith (1895), Max Bruch (1838), and Fanny Mendelssohn (1805). After him are Kurt Weill (1900), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), and Michael Praetorius (1571).

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