Johann Nicolaus Bach
Johann Nicolaus Bach (or Johann Nikolaus Bach) (20 October [O.S. 10 October] 1669 – 4 November 1753) was a German composer of the Baroque period.
Johann Nicolaus was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach and the second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was educated at the University of Jena, where he later became organist. He was probably born at Eisenach, where his father was employed as a musician, attended the Eisenach Latin school until 1689, and was a student of the Jena city organist J.M. Knüpfer, a son of Sebastian Knüpfer; after an Italian sojourn in 1696, he became organist at the Stadtkirche and the Kollegiatkirche in Jena. He was influenced by Antonio Lotti. He later joined the Danish army. He then returned to Jena where he lived for the rest of his life. Few of his compositions survive. He was also a maker of harpsichords and organs.
Surviving pieces include a mass, two chorale preludes on "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" and a Singspiel Der jenaische Wein- und Bierrufer, this in the form of a quodlibet on Jena student traditions.
References
- Wilibald Gurlitt: Bach, Johann Nikolaus. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 729.
- Bach, Johann Nikolaus. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol. 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, p. 484 f.
External links
- Free scores by Johann Nicolaus Bach at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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- Anna Magdalena Bach (2nd wife)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (son)
- Christoph Bach (grandfather)
- Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (mother)
- Georg Christoph Bach (uncle)
- Gottfried Heinrich Bach (son)
- Johann Aegidius Bach (uncle)
- Johann Ambrosius Bach (father)
- Johann Bernhard Bach (2nd cousin)
- Johann Bernhard Bach the Younger (nephew)
- Johann Christian Bach (son)
- Johann Christoph Altnickol (son-in-law)
- Johann Christoph Bach (1st cousin once removed)
- Johann Christoph Bach (organist at Ohrdruf) (brother)
- Johann Christoph Bach (musician at Arnstadt) (uncle)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (son)
- Johann Ernst Bach (musician at Saxe-Weimar) (2nd cousin once removed)
- Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (son)
- Johann Jacob Bach (brother)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (3rd cousin)
- Johann Michael Bach (father-in-law)
- Johann Michael Bach (nephew)
- Johann Nicolaus Bach (2nd cousin)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (self)
- Johann Sebastian Bach the Younger (grandson)
- Johannes Bach I (great-grandfather)
- Johannes Bach
- Maria Barbara Bach (1st wife/2nd cousin)
- Veit Bach (great-great-grandfather)
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (son)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (grandson)
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