Johann Ernst Bach
Johann Ernst Bach (1722–1777) was an organist, composer and chapelmaster.
Johann Ernst Bach
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- Born
- 1722 · Eisenach.
- Died
- 1777 · Eisenach.
- Nationality
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Occupation
- organist · composer · chapelmaster · jurist
- Education
- Thomasschule zu Leipzig · Martin-Luther-Gymnasium Eisenach
- Teachers
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Languages
- German
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Johann Ernst Bach (1722–1777) was an organist, composer and chapelmaster.
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Born at Eisenach in 1722, died in Eisenach in 1777.
Johann Ernst Bach studied at Thomasschule zu Leipzig and Martin-Luther-Gymnasium Eisenach. Training under Johann Sebastian Bach is recorded. The recorded working language is German.
![Sheet music: Sonata per il clavicembalo col violino: del Sig[nor]e Giovanni Ernesto Bach ("Sonata for harpsichord and violin"), by Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777). In unidentified hand. Page 2. MS Mus 71, Houghton Library, Harvard University](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Houghton_MS_Mus_71_-_Bach%2C_page_2.jpg/800px-Houghton_MS_Mus_71_-_Bach%2C_page_2.jpg)
Sheet music: Sonata per il clavicembalo col violino: del Sig[nor]e Giovanni Ernesto Bach ("Sonata for harpsichord and violin"), by Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777). In unidentified hand. Page 2. MS Mus 71, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Johann Ernst Bach · Houghton Library
![Sheet music: Sonata per il clavicembalo col violino: del Sig[nor]e Giovanni Ernesto Bach ("Sonata for harpsichord and violin"), by Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777). In unidentified hand. Page 1. MS Mus 71, Houghton Library, Harvard University](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Houghton_MS_Mus_71_-_Bach%2C_title.jpg/800px-Houghton_MS_Mus_71_-_Bach%2C_title.jpg)
Sheet music: Sonata per il clavicembalo col violino: del Sig[nor]e Giovanni Ernesto Bach ("Sonata for harpsichord and violin"), by Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777). In unidentified hand. Page 1. MS Mus 71, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Johann Ernst Bach · Houghton Library
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