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Johann Ambrosius Bach

1645 - 1695

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Johann Ambrosius Bach (22 February 1645 – 20 February 1695) was a German musician, father to Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Ambrosius Bach has received more than 153,329 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Ambrosius Bach is the 224th most popular composer (down from 173rd in 2019), the 887th most popular biography from Germany (down from 649th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Composer.

Johann Ambrosius Bach is most famous for being the father of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was a composer and an organist.

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  • 150k

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  • 62.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 224 out of 1,451. Before him are Lili Boulanger, Andrea Gabrieli, Ion Ivanovici, Nicola Porpora, Ernest Chausson, and Jerry Goldsmith. After him are Henri Vieuxtemps, Gaspare Spontini, John Field, Eduard Künneke, Giacomo Carissimi, and Dmitry Bortniansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 3. Before him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and William Kidd. After him are Jean de La Bruyère, William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, Andreas Werckmeister, Anne Dacier, Eusebio Kino, and Louis Jolliet. Among people deceased in 1695, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 6. Before him are Christiaan Huygens, Jean de La Fontaine, Ahmed II, Henry Purcell, and Juana Inés de la Cruz. After him are Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Zumbi, Thomas Tew, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, and Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 887 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Eugen Dühring (1833), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), and Ernst Heinkel (1888). After him are Florian Geyer (1490), Saloninus (242), Fritz Haarmann (1879), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), and Joost van den Vondel (1587).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Ambrosius Bach ranks 31. Before him are Max Bruch (1838), Kurt Weill (1900), Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), and Michael Praetorius (1571). After him are Eduard Künneke (1885), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Johann Mattheson (1681), and Carl Friedrich Abel (1723).

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