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Johann Christoph Bach

1642 - 1703

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Johann Christoph Bach (baptised 18 December [O.S. 8 December] 1642 – 31 March 1703) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period. Johann Christoph was an older cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach who would later describe him in his Genealogy (Ursprung, 1735) as "the profound composer", suggesting a solid reputation not only within the family but also in wider musical society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Christoph Bach has received more than 109,567 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christoph Bach is the 260th most popular composer (down from 248th in 2019), the 1,032nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 958th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Composer.

Johann Christoph Bach is most famous for being the father of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 260 out of 1,451. Before him are Marcel Dupré, Anton Reicha, Franz Xaver Gruber, Irving Berlin, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, and Antonia Brico. After him are Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Dimitri Tiomkin, Johann Mattheson, Carl Friedrich Abel, Fromental Halévy, and Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 4. Before him are Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, and Gülnuş Sultan. After him are Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Shitao, André Charles Boulle, Ihara Saikaku, Andrea Pozzo, Seki Takakazu, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, and Abdul-Qādir Bedil. Among people deceased in 1703, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 7. Before him are Robert Hooke, Charles Perrault, Mustafa II, Man in the Iron Mask, John Wallis, and Vincenzo Viviani. After him are Samuel Pepys, Ilona Zrínyi, Erik Dahlbergh, Phetracha, Nicolas de Grigny, and Charles de Saint-Évremond.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 1,032 out of 7,253. Before him are Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Erwin Neher (1944), Carl von Linde (1842), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), and August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760). After him are Karin Schubert (1944), John, Elector of Saxony (1468), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), and Godigisel (359).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Christoph Bach ranks 35. Before him are Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Michael Praetorius (1571), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Eduard Künneke (1885), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), and Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724). After him are Johann Mattheson (1681), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Hanns Eisler (1898), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), and Carl Reinecke (1824).

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