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Gottfried Heinrich Bach

1724 - 1763

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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. He was born in Leipzig, where his parents had moved the year before his birth. Gottfried Heinrich became "feeble-minded" (careless, shallow) at an early age, but in his childhood he played the keyboard well and C. P. E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried Heinrich Bach has received more than 56,468 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried Heinrich Bach is the 577th most popular musician (down from 542nd in 2019), the 2,489th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,329th in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gottfried Heinrich Bach ranks 577 out of 3,175. Before him are King Oliver, Wendy Carlos, Ace Frehley, Jean-Delphin Alard, Jenő Hubay, and Hermeto Pascoal. After him are Tommy Lee, Thom Yorke, GG Allin, Shinichi Suzuki, Jeff Porcaro, and Tico Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Gottfried Heinrich Bach ranks 18. Before him are Eva Ekeblad, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Franz Aepinus, George Stubbs, and Franz Anton Maulbertsch. After him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, John Smeaton, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Claude Balbastre, and John Michell. Among people deceased in 1763, Gottfried Heinrich Bach ranks 9. Before him are Cao Xueqin, Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Antoine François Prévost, Pierre de Marivaux, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, and Peter Forsskål. After him are Gabriela Silang, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, and Olof von Dalin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried Heinrich Bach ranks 2,489 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), Andrzej Seweryn (1946), Hans Robert Jauss (1921), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), and Helmut Griem (1932). After him are Anton Reichenow (1847), Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (1580), Hans Riegel (1923), Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761), and Felix Bernstein (1878).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Gottfried Heinrich Bach ranks 30. Before him are Matthias Jabs (1955), Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Rudolf Kempe (1910), and Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688). After him are Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Oliver Riedel (1971), Klaus Voormann (1938), Gerd Albrecht (1935), and Peter Schreier (1935).

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