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==Life== |
==Life== |
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He was the son of [[Johann Bernhard Bach]] and studied in the [[Thomasschule]] in [[Leipzig]] with [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (Johann Bernhard's second cousin). In 1742 he was hired as the official advocate in Eisenach. |
He was the son of [[Johann Bernhard Bach]] and studied in the [[Thomasschule]] in [[Leipzig]] with [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (Johann Bernhard's second cousin). In 1742 he was hired as the official advocate in Eisenach. From 1756, he was Court music of [[Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Duke Ernst August]] of [[Saxe-Weimar]]. His son [[Johann Georg Bach]] succeeded him as organist at the Church of St. George in Eisenach. |
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From 1756, he was Court music of [[Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Duke Ernst August]] of [[Saxe-Weimar]]. |
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His son [[Johann Georg Bach]] succeeded him as organist at the Church of St. George in Eisenach. |
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He died in Eisenach. |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Revision as of 10:00, 23 December 2016
Johann Ernst Bach (28 January 1722, Eisenach – 1 September 1777, Eisenach) was a German composer of the Bach family. He was the son of Johann Bernhard Bach.
Life
He was the son of Johann Bernhard Bach and studied in the Thomasschule in Leipzig with Johann Sebastian Bach (Johann Bernhard's second cousin). In 1742 he was hired as the official advocate in Eisenach. From 1756, he was Court music of Duke Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar. His son Johann Georg Bach succeeded him as organist at the Church of St. George in Eisenach.
Works
Vocal
- O Seele, deren Sehnen (Passion oratorio), 1764
- 2 Passions, lost
Sacred cantatas
- Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht
- Auf und säumt euch nicht, ihr Frommen
- Der Herr ist nahe bei denen, for the funeral of Duke Ernst August Constantin
- Die Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen
- Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
- Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, on Schalling's hymn
- Kein Stündlein geht dahin
- Kommt herzu, lasset uns frohlocken
- Mein Odem ist schwach, BWV 222, choral movements also as motet, Unser Wandel ist im Himmel, BWV Anh. 165
- Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (i)
- Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (ii)
- Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (iii)
- Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
- Sei willkommen, mächtiger Herrscher
- Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
- So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin
- Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, on the hymn by Albinus
- Wenn Donnerwolken über dir sich türmen (Das Vertrauen der Christen auf Gott)
- Wünschet Jerusalem Glück
- Wie der Hirsch schreiet, lost
- Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, lost
- several other lost cantatas (for the annual cycle 1766)
Other sacred works
- Mass on Es woll uns Gott gnädig sein, SATB, bc
- Aus der Tiefen, motet, SATB
- Mein Odem ist schwach, motet, SATB
- Unser Wandel ist im Himmel (= bwv Anh. 165), motet, SATB
- 11 others, doubtful
Secular cantatas
- Gesegneten Auftritt, for birthday of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Gotha, 1756, lost
- Wer sagt mir doch, was für Entzücken, lost
- Sammlung auserlesener Fabeln.
- part 1, Nuremberg, 1749
- part 2, unpublished
- Lächerliche Mammonshüter (An die Geizigen), 1770
Instrumental
- Sinfonia in B
- Other lost sinfonias
- 3 Sonaten (Kbd/Vn), part 1, Eisenach, 1770
- 3 Sonaten (Kbd/Vn), part 2, Eisenach, 1772
- Sonata in A (Fl/Vn/Bc)
Keyboard works
- Sonata in G, harpsichord
- Sonata in F, harpsichord
- Sonata in G, harpsichord
- Sonata in A, harpsichord
- Fantasia and fugue in d
- Fantasia and fugue in a
- Fantasia and fugue in F
- Chorale Valet will ich dir geben
Sources
- H. Kühn: Vier Organisten Eisenachs aus Bachischem Geschlecht, Bach in Thüringen, 1950
- C. Oefner: Die Musikerfamilie Bach in Eisenach, Eisenach, 1984
- H. Max: Verwandtes im Werk Bachs, seiner Schüler und Söhne, 1986
- E. Odrich and P. Wollny: Die Briefkonzepte des Johann Elias Bach, 2000
External links
- Free scores by Johann Ernst Bach II at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Sammlung auserlesener Fabeln, hrsg. v. Hermann Kretzschmar in der Reihe Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst (I. Folge, Bd. 42), Leipzig 1910
- Passionsoratorium, hrsg. v. Joseph Kromolicki in der Reihe Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst (I. Folge, Bd. 48), Leipzig 1914
- Diskografie der Werke Bachs und der Bach-Familie with several info
