COMPOSER

Johann Jacob Bach

1682 - 1722

Photo of Johann Jacob Bach

Icon of person Johann Jacob Bach

Johann Jacob Bach (or Johann Jakob) (baptised 21 February [O.S. 11 February] 1682 – 16 April 1722) was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is thought to have been born in Eisenach. After his studies at the Latin school there, he became oboist in the municipal band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Jacob Bach has received more than 41,866 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Jacob Bach is the 908th most popular composer (down from 819th in 2019), the 3,572nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,047th in 2019) and the 141st most popular German Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 908 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans von Koessler, Antonio Bertali, Cathy Berberian, Alberto Franchetti, Nobuo Uematsu, and Maximilian Steinberg. After him are Lev Knipper, Ary Barroso, Carlo Rustichelli, Elliott Carter, István Kertész, and Silvestre Revueltas.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 18. Before him are Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Roger Cotes, Jean-François Dandrieu, Christian Ferdinand Abel, John Hadley, and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Shahu I, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and James Gibbs. Among people deceased in 1722, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 17. Before him are Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Claude Gillot, Adriaen van der Werff, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, Antoine Coypel, and Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. After him are Sébastien Vaillant, Giovanni II Cornaro, Christoph Dientzenhofer, and John Lombe.

Others Born in 1682

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1722

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 3,572 out of 7,253. Before him are Ingrid Caven (1938), Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden (1625), Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), Michael Grätzel (1944), Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661), and Max Lorenz (1901). After him are Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863), Carl Joachim Friedrich (1901), Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674), Jürgen Ehlers (1929), Jurij Brězan (1916), and Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Jacob Bach ranks 141. Before him are Werner Egk (1901), Robert Volkmann (1815), Aribert Reimann (1936), Franz Tunder (1614), Paul Dessau (1894), and Hans von Koessler (1853). After him are Johann Walter (1496), Heinrich Albert (1604), Felix Draeseke (1835), Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795), and Friedrich Silcher (1789).

German born Composers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous