Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Born in Leipzig in the Electorate of Saxony, he was taught music by his father, and also tutored by his distant cousin Johann Elias Bach [de]. He studied at the St. Thomas School, and some believe he studied law at the university there, but there is no record of this. In 1750, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe appointed Johann Christoph harpsichordist at Bückeburg, and in 1759, he became concertmaster. While there, Bach collaborated with Johann Gottfried Herder, who provided the texts for six vocal works; the music survives for only four of these.

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795) joined the court at Bückeberg when he was only 18 years old. He remained there for the rest of his life. To avoid confusion about who he was, he went by his third given name most of the time. He felt constrained a lot of the time at court because his patron preferred Italian music, but the clever Friedrich still included the styles of both his father and his elder brother Karl. Friedrich wrote symphonies, keyboard concertos, sonatas, and all manner of other compositions. It is truly a wonder that more of his music isn’t well-known.

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