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Maria Barbara Bach

1684 - 1720

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Maria Barbara Bach (30 October [O.S. 20 October] 1684 – buried 7 July 1720) was a German singer and the first wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Barbara Bach has received more than 201,143 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). Maria Barbara Bach is the 211th most popular companion (down from 179th in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from Germany (down from 652nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Companion.

Maria Barbara Bach is most famous for her work with the Bach family of composers. She was a singer and keyboard player, and she married Johann Sebastian Bach in 1707.

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  • 23

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  • 9.17

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  • 1.70

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Among companions, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 211 out of 673Before her are Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Constance of Austria, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, and Marie of France, Countess of Champagne. After her are Adela of Champagne, Hoelun, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Kaya Sultan, Amélie of Orléans, and Catherine Opalińska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 4Before her are Catherine I of Russia, Jean-Antoine Watteau, and Ludvig Holberg. After her are Tokugawa Yoshimune, Francesco Durante, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Edward Vernon, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Robert Maynard, and Jean Astruc. Among people deceased in 1720, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 4Before her are Sukjong of Joseon, Calico Jack, and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. After her are Edward England, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Antoine Coysevox, Peter Tordenskjold, Balaji Vishwanath, Anne Dacier, and Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 788 out of 6,142Before her are Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), and Hans Fallada (1893). After her are Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Eduard Dietl (1890), Rudolf Schenker (1948), and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792).

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