Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

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German person composer human musician organist

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was an 18th-century German composer and organist, noted for his expressive, often improvisatory style and regarded as the most gifted but least conventionally successful son of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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instanceOf German person ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
organist ⓘ
activeInPeriod 18th century ⓘ
burialPlace Berlin ⓘ
citizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
countryOfBirth Duchy of Saxe-Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfDeath Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1710-11-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1784-07-01 ⓘ
describedAs most gifted but least conventionally successful son of Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
educatedBy Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
employer Liebfrauenkirche, Halle ⓘ
Sophienkirche, Dresden ⓘ
familyName Bach ⓘ
father Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
fullName Wilhelm Friedemann Bach self-link ⓘ
genre chamber music ⓘ
concerto ⓘ
keyboard music ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
givenName Wilhelm Friedemann Bach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wilhelm Friedemann
mother Maria Barbara Bach ⓘ
movement Baroque music ⓘ
early Classical music ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableStudent Johann Samuel Petri ⓘ
notableWork Clavierstücke (keyboard pieces) ⓘ
Fugues for organ ⓘ
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (F.40) ⓘ
Keyboard Sonata in E minor (F.3) "Polonaise" ⓘ
Sinfonia in F major (F.67) ⓘ
occupation church musician ⓘ
composer ⓘ
organist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Weimar ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
positionHeld organist at the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle ⓘ
organist at the Sophienkirche in Dresden ⓘ
relative Bach family ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach ⓘ
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach ⓘ
styleCharacteristic expressive ⓘ
improvisatory ⓘ
virtuosic keyboard writing ⓘ

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Johann Sebastian Bach → child → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Maria Barbara Bach → child → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach → fullName → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach self-link ⓘ
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach → givenName → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilhelm Friedemann
Maria Barbara Bach → notableChild → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach → notableRelative → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach → sibling → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach → sibling → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach → sibling → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach → sibling → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ
Anna Magdalena Bach → stepChild → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ⓘ