This is perhaps one reason why it is difficult to find points of similarity between the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and that of Johann Christian. Johann Christian Bach's father died when Johann Christian was only fifteen. Giles in the Fields Burial-ground, St Pancras, London.Ĭontrasting styles of J. Johann Christian Bach died in London on New Year's Day, 1782. He met soprano Cecilia Grassi in 1766 and married her shortly thereafter. That established his reputation in England, and he became music master to Queen Charlotte. In 1762, Bach travelled to London to première three operas at the King's Theatre, including Orione on 19 February 1763. During his time in Italy, he converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism. He became organist at the Milan cathedral in 1760. St Pancras Churchyard, LondonBach lived in Italy for many years starting in 1756, studying with Padre Martini in Bologna. He composed cantatas, chamber music, keyboard and orchestral works, operas and symphonies. He enjoyed a promising career, first as a composer then as a performer playing alongside Carl Friedrich Abel, the notable player of the viola da gamba. After his father's death, when Johann Christian was 15, he worked with his second-oldest half brother Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who was twenty-one years his senior and considered at the time to be the most musically gifted of Bach's sons. Even so, his father first instructed him in music and that instruction continued until his death. His distinguished father was already 50 at the time of his birth, which would perhaps contribute to the sharp differences between his music and that of his father. Johann Christian Bach was born to Johann Sebastian and Anna Magdalena Bach in Leipzig, Germany. He is noted for influencing the concerto style of Mozart. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital. His steward had embezzled almost all his wealth and Bach died in considerable debt in London on New Year's Day, 1782.Johann Christian Bach (Septem? January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He met soprano Cecilia Grassi in 1766 and married her shortly thereafter.They had no children.īy the late 1770s, his music was no longer popular and his fortunes declined.
He composed cantatas, chamber music, keyboard and orchestral works, operas and symphonies.īach lived in Italy for many years starting in 1756, studying with Padre Martini in Bologna. He is noted for influencing the concerto style of Mozart.īach's distinguished father was already 50 at the time of his birth, which would perhaps contribute to the sharp differences between his music and that of his father. He is sometimes referred to as "the London Bach" or "the English Bach", due to his time spent living in the British capital, where he came to be known as John Bach. Johann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh surviving child and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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