Johann Ernst Bach I

Johann Ernst Bach (born 1683; died 1739) (also known as Johannes Ernestus Bach ) was a German organist in the Bach family, and son of Johann Christoph Bach senior – twin brother of Johann Sebastian Bach's father, Johann Ambrosius Bach.

Johann Ernst Bach
Born1683
Died1739 (aged 55–56)
InstrumentsOrgan

Like his cousin Johann Sebastian, Johann Ernst attended Ohrdruf Lyzeum. From April 1701, he lived in Hamburg for half a year, to study the organ.[1]

Johann Ernst visited Johann Sebastian when he moved from Arnstadt to Lübeck to hear the famous organist in Marienkirche, Buxtehude,[2] and in 1707, he was named as Johann Sebastian's successor as organist in Arnstadt.[3]

References
  1. Wolff, Essays… s. 59
  2. Wolff, Essays… s. 17
  3. Wolff: JSB, The Learned Musician, "At the Blasius Church in Mühlhausen"

Literature
  • Christoph Wolff (2001). BACH: Essays on His Life and Music. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674059263.
  • Christoph Wolff (2001). Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393322564.
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