Gottfried Heinrich Bach
Gottfried Heinrich Bach (born: 26 February 1724 – funeral: 12 February 1763) was a child of Johann Sebastian Bach and the firstborn son of his second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach. Gottfried Heinrich became "feeble-minded" (careless, shallow) at an early age, but in his childhood he played the keyboard well and C. Bach said he showed "a great genius, which however failed to develop". After his father's death in 1750, Gottfried Heinrich continued to live with his mother.
Gottfried Heinrich Bach
- Name
- Gottfried Heinrich Bach
- Born
- 26 February 1724
- Birthplace
- Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
- Died
- 12 February 1763 (funeral)
- Place of death
- Naumburg, Electorate of Saxony
- Known for
- Child of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- musician · pianist · composer
- Languages
- German
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He received financial support from the town. It is not known why Gottfried Heinrich was buried in Naumburg in 1763. At the time his sister Elisabeth Juliana Friderica Altnikol had not lived there for some years. She had moved from Leipzig to Naumburg when she married Johann Christoph Altnikol in 1749, where her husband was employed as an organist.
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• Name — Gottfried Heinrich Bach • Born — 26 February 1724 • Birthplace — Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony • Died — 12 February 1763 (funeral) • Place of death — Naumburg, Electorate of Saxony • Known for — Child of Johann Sebastian Bach • Parents — Johann Sebastian Bach (father) Anna Magdalena Bach (mother)
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- 1.Eberhard Spree: Die verwitwete Frau Capellmeisterin Bach. Studie über die Verteilung des Nachlasses von Johann Sebastian Bach. Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg 2019, p. 59.
- 2.Bach-Dokumente. Band I, p. 267.
- 3.Eberhard Spree: Die verwitwete Frau Capellmeisterin Bach. Studie über die Verteilung des Nachlasses von Johann Sebastian Bach. Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg 2019, p. 58–61.
- 4.Maria Hübner: Anna Magdalena Bach. Ein Leben in Dokumenten und Bildern. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2005, p. 110.
- 5.Eberhard Spree: Die Frau Capellmeisterin Anna Magdalena Bach. Ein Zeitbild. Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg 2021, p. 159.
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