Pedigree of Musicians in the Bach Family
(Composers are distinguished by spaced type)
| VEIT BACH, d. 1619 (Cithara), Wechmar. | ||
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| Lips (See page 130). | HANS, d. 1626 (Der Spielmann), Arnstadt. | |
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| Johann, 1604-1673 (Town Musician and Organist) Erfurt. | CHRISTOPH, 1613-1661 (Town Musician), Erfurt and Arnstadt. | Heinrich, 1615-1692 (Organist), Arnstadt. |
| Johann, 1604-1673 (Town Musician and Organist), Erfurt. | ||||
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| Johann Christian, 1640-1682 (Viol), Erfurt and Eisenach. | Johann Aegidius, 1645-1717 (Viol), Erfurt. │ | Johann Nikolaus, 1653-1682 (Viola-da-Gamba), Erfurt. | ||
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| Johann Jakob, 1668-1692 (Town Musician), Eisenach. | Johann Christoph, 1673-1727 (Cantor and Organist), Gehren. | Johann Bernhard, 1676-1749 (Organist), Eisenach. │ │ Johann Ernst, 1722-1777 (Capellmeister), Weimar. | Johann Christoph, 1685-post 1735 (Town Musician), Erfurt. | |
| CHRISTOPH, 1613-1661 (Town Musician), Erfurt and Arnstadt. | ||||||
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| Georg Christoph, 1642-1697 (Cantor), Schweinfurt. | JOHANN AMBROSIUS, 1645-1695 (Viol), Eisenach. | Johann Christoph, 1645-1693 (Viol), Arnstadt. | ||||
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| Johann Valentin, 1669-1720 (Town Musician), Schweinfurt. | Johann Christoph, 1671-1721 (Organist), Ohrdruf. │ | Johann JAKOB, 1682-1722 (Haut-boy), Stockholm. | JOHANN SEBASTIAN, 1685-1750 (Director Musices), Leipzig. | Johann Ernst, 1683-1739 (Organist), Arnstadt. | ||
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| Johann Lorenz, 1695-1773 (Organist), Lahm. | Johann Elias 1705-1755 (Cantor), Schweinfurt | Tobias Friedrich, b. 1695 (Cantor), Uttstädt. | Johann Bernhard, 1700-1744 (Organist), Ohrdruf. | Johann Christoph b. 1702 (Cantor), Ohrdruf. | Johann Heinrich, b. 1707 (Cantor), Uehringen. | Johann Andreas, b. 1713 (Organist), Ohrdruf. |
| JOHANN SEBASTIAN, 1685-1750 (Director Musices), Leipzig. | ||||
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| Wilhelm, Friedemann, 1710-1784 (Organist), Halle | Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788 (Capellmeister), Berlin. | Johann Gottfried Bernhard, 1715-1739 (Organist), Muelhausen | Johann Christian, 1735-1783 (Court Musician) | Johann Christoph Friedrich, 1732-1795 (Concertmeister) │ Wilhelm, 1753-1846 (Court Musician), Berlin. |
| Heinrich, 1615-1692 (Organist), Arnstadt. | |||
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| Johann Christoph, 1642-1703 (Organist), Eisenach, | Johann Michael, 1648-1694 (Organist), Gehren. | Johann Guenther, 1653-1683 (Organist), Arnstadt. | |
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| JOHANN Nikolaus, 1669-1753 (Organist), Jena. | JOHANN Christoph, b. 1674 (Music Master), Erfurt and England. | JOHANN Friedrich, d. 1730 (Organist), Muehlhausen. | JOHANN Michael, (OrganBuilder), abroad. |
| LIPS BACH, d. 1620; presumably a son of Veit. | ||||
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| _Wendel_, 1619-1682. │ Jakob, 1655-1718 (Cantor), Ruhla. | Jonas and two other sons (Musicians in Italy). | |||
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| Johann Ludwig, 1677-1741 (Capell-director), Meiningen. | Nikolaus Ephraim (Organist), Gandersheim. | _Georg Michael_, 1703-1771. │ │ │ Johann Christian, 1743-1814 (Music Master), Halle. | ||
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| Samuel Anton, 1713-1781 (Court Organist), Meinigen. | Gottlieb Friedrich, 1714-1785 (Court Organist), Meiningen. │ Johann Philipp, d. 1846 (Court Organist), Meiningen. | |||