Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782) was a classical composer, the eleventh son of his more famous father, Johann Sebastian. The youngest of J. S. Bach's sons, Johann Christian was born in Leipzig, ...

Only the youngest of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons departed the German homeland. Born in 1735, Johann Christian began his long sojourn in Italy in 1755 and converted to Catholicism; luckily the ...

8. If Bach challenged you to a keyboard duel, you were guaranteed to be embarrassed. In 1717, Louis Marchand, a harpsichordist from France, was invited to play for Augustus, Elector of Saxony, and ...

The youngest of Johann Sebastian Bach's sons to become a respected composer was Johann Christian. He was just 14 when his father died. He eventually settled in London and became known as the ...

Johann Sebastian received his first musical instruction from his father, Johann Ambrosius, a town musician. By age 10 Bach was orphaned, and he went to live and study with his elder brother ...

Title page of Johann Christian Bach’s last opera, Amadis (Paris, 1778). Even frivolous fictional characters have found a convenient whipping boy in the youngest son of J. S. Bach.

Johann Christian Bach’s Symphony in G Minor (Op. 6, No. 6) was written in the late 1760s — around the same time (and in the same key) as Haydn’s Symphony No. 39 and Mozart’s Symphony No. 25.

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Released On: 23 Jun 2023. Available for over a year. Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the ‘English Bach ...