Bach family

E269880
German family dynasty musical family

The Bach family is a prominent German musical dynasty best known for producing numerous influential composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach and his descendants.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bach family canonical 33
Bach family of musicians 3
Bach family (extended) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German family ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
musical family ⓘ
associatedWithCity Arnstadt ⓘ
Eisenach ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Mühlhausen ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus symbol of German musical culture ⓘ
earliestKnownAncestor Veit Bach ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germans ⓘ
fieldOfActivity church music ⓘ
composition ⓘ
instrumental performance ⓘ
music ⓘ
hasFamilyName Bach ⓘ
hasGenealogicalStudy Herzog August Library ⓘ
surface form: Altbachisches Archiv

Bach genealogy compiled by Philipp Spitta ⓘ
hasLegacyInstitution Bach-Archiv Leipzig ⓘ
Bachhaus Eisenach ⓘ
Neue Bachgesellschaft ⓘ
hasPatrilinealLine Bach male line extinct in 19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the most important musical families in Western music history ⓘ
influenced Western classical music ⓘ
knownFor Baroque music ⓘ
producing many composers ⓘ
languageOfFamilyName German ⓘ
musicalRoles cantors ⓘ
composers ⓘ
court musicians ⓘ
organists ⓘ
notableMember Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
Heinrich Bach ⓘ
Johann Ambrosius Bach ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach ⓘ
Johann Christoph Bach ⓘ
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ⓘ
Johann Ludwig Bach ⓘ
Johann Michael Bach ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
numberOfKnownMusicians over 50 ⓘ
primaryRegionOfActivity Saxony ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
religiousBackground Lutheran ⓘ
surnameMeaning Bach means brook or stream in German ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century to 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach → relative → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bach family of musicians
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt → family → Bach family ⓘ
Maria Barbara Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Anna Magdalena Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Maria Magdalena Grabler → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Christoph Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Michael Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (F.40) → associatedWithComposerFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Clavierstücke (keyboard pieces) → familyContext → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Ambrosius → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
subject surface form: Johann Ambrosius Bach
Johann Jacob Bach (1682–1722) → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
subject surface form: Johann Jacob Bach
St. Mary’s Church in Mühlhausen → associatedWith → Bach family ⓘ
St. John’s Church in Sangerhausen → associatedWith → Bach family ⓘ
Artaserse → hasComposerFamily → Bach family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bach family of musicians
Johanna Juditha Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Johanna Juditha Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bach musical family
Christoph Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook (1722) → associatedWithFamily → Bach family ⓘ
film "The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach" → portrays → Bach family ⓘ
subject surface form: The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
Maria Barbara → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
subject surface form: Maria Barbara Bach
Arnstadt → hasHistoricalAssociationWith → Bach family ⓘ
Catharina Dorothea Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Keyboard sonatas → associatedComposerFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Balthasar Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Balthasar Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Elisabeth Juliana Friederica Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Elisabeth Juliana Friederica Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Johanna Carolina Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Johanna Carolina Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Johann Rudolf Bach → memberOf → Bach family ⓘ
Gottfried Heinrich Bach → notableFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Gottfried Heinrich Bach → partOf → Bach family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bach family of musicians
Leopold Augustus Bach → memberOfFamily → Bach family ⓘ
Valentin Lämmerhirt → partOf → Bach family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bach family (extended)