Johann Christian Bach

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Johann Christian Bach was an 18th-century German composer, known as the "London Bach," who helped shape the early Classical style and significantly influenced the young Mozart.

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instanceOf German person
classical composer
composer
human
burialPlace St Pancras Old Church
surface form: St Pancras Old Church, London
citizenship Electorate of Saxony
Kingdom of Great Britain
coFounded Bach-Abel concerts
collaboratedWith Carl Friedrich Abel
convertedTo Roman Catholicism
countryOfBirth Electorate of Saxony
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1735-09-05
dateOfDeath 1782-01-01
educatedAt St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
surface form: St. Thomas School, Leipzig
familyName Bach
father Johann Sebastian Bach
genre chamber music
keyboard concerto
opera seria
symphony
givenName Johann Christian Bach self-linksurface differs
surface form: Johann Christian
influenced Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
influencedBy Italian opera composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
Italian
mother Anna Magdalena Bach
movement Classical period
Galant style
nickname Bach
surface form: English Bach

Bach
surface form: London Bach
notableWork Adriano in Siria
Artaserse
Op. 1 Six Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin
Op. 7 Keyboard Concertos
occupation composer
musician
placeOfBirth Leipzig
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld organist at Milan Cathedral
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Berlin
Leipzig
London, England
surface form: London

Milan
sexOrGender male
sibling Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
workedAt King’s Theatre, London

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Anna Magdalena Bach child Johann Christian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach child Johann Christian Bach
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Classical period hasKeyFigure Johann Christian Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach sibling Johann Christian Bach
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach sibling Johann Christian Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach sibling Johann Christian Bach