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Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach

1759 - 1845

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Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, also known as William Bach (24 May 1759 – 25 December 1845) was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music director to Frederick William II of Prussia. He said, "Heredity can tend to run out of ideas." Ernst Bach received training in music from his uncle, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and from another uncle in England, Johann Christian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach has received more than 78,892 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach is the 478th most popular composer (up from 495th in 2019), the 1,899th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,892nd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach ranks 478 out of 1,451. Before him are Albert Lortzing, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Maurice Duruflé, Zdeněk Fibich, Terry Riley, and Remo Giazotto. After him are Johann Kirnberger, Oscar Straus, Igor Markevitch, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Hans Christian Lumbye, and Florent Schmitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach ranks 18. Before him are Maria Theresia von Paradis, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, Friedrich August Wolf, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, and Jacques Cathelineau. After him are François Devienne, Johann Christian Reil, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, William Playfair, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, and Franz Krommer. Among people deceased in 1845, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach ranks 12. Before him are Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Guadalupe Victoria, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia. After him are Isabella Colbran, Simon Mayr, Henrik Wergeland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Dominique, comte de Cassini, and Nikoloz Baratashvili.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach ranks 1,899 out of 7,253. Before him are Dieter Schwarz (1939), Ernst Busch (1900), Heinrich Göbel (1818), Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), and Lorenz Oken (1779). After him are Johann Kirnberger (1721), Walter Stennes (1895), Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Friedrich Krupp (1787), and Willi Hennig (1913).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach ranks 73. Before him are Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Christoph Graupner (1683), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), and Albert Lortzing (1801). After him are Johann Kirnberger (1721), Simon Mayr (1763), Franz Abt (1819), Peter Cornelius (1824), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), and Curt Sachs (1881).

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