The Family Tree of Bach (Featuring Many Johanns!)
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- In today's video, I go over the family tree of the world famous composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS MANY MANY MANY JOHANNS.
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Very nice, informative video, well done. Is it possible to get a link for the family tree to have an closer look ?
Thank you very much! It means a lot to have a nice comment like this. Yes, I’ll put a link in the description for a pdf of the tree.
Currently though, I don’t have access to my computer (where the Bach family tree would be). I’ll get back to you when I have access to it again.
@McToshi I put the PDF to the family tree in the description.
Just coming from the UsefulCharts video. You got my subscription, because of this vid, very nice work. :) I'm from Leipzig, the city where Bach lived and worked for the last 27 years of his life. His tomb is in St. Thomas' Church right in the center of the city. We also have a statue of Bach, a Bach museum and archive, a Bach festival, etc... :D
That’s really cool! Bach must be a much loved historical figure in Leipzig
@@JakeTheGenealogist Well, at least nowadays. It's quite ironic: Back then when he was considered for the job of "Kantor" (that is like a music director for a parish church), he was only the third choice (!) in the eyes of the city council. He always had trouble with the council because they didn't pay him enough money. After his death, he was generally more or less forgotten and his marvellous compositions with him.
It was only when the composer and conductor Felix Mendelsson-Bartholdy (who also worked and lived in Leipzig) rediscovered Bach in the early 19th century, that he became one of the most famous and important composers of all time. Nowadays, Bach is the center piece of Leipzig's tourist marketing... >:D
There is another interesting story about Bach: He was originally buried in St.James' Church. Sadly, said church was almost completely destroyed during the allied bombing of Leipzig in 1943. Supposedly, on one night in 1949 a random guy came to the door of St. Thomas' church, carrying a coffin on a wheelbarrow, saying "I'm bringing you Bach."
It is, however, more likely that construction workers just discovered his grave while removing the debris and the officials decided to re-bury him in the other church.
I’ve been looking for a Bach tree for so long, this is such a nice chart
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much for making this family tree. I will be performing the works of 2 Bachs soon and this is a great tool to present to my audience.
Glad I could be of service
Good video! I came across it while researching my family history/tree. Btw there are descendants of Bach alive today, as I am one. The Bach name changed to “Back” in the late 1700s in the state of Kentucky. The Back/Bach family merged with the Craft family in the 1800s. JSB is my 11th great grandfather on my dads mothers side.
I’m related to him also
My last name is Bock as it was changed in the 1850s or so to be "more American" there is people i know in my family named Back and Bach but my part is Bock so perhaps we are related (greetings from Pennsylvania)
I’m directly related this these people. The Bach name changed to the American spelling to BACK and they live in Kentucky. Particularly in Nelson county ky
What a treasure!!!
Thank you!
I am a music critic, but I am a prog head first, and the most important influence on our genre is Bach.
Totally agree! I'm a huge prog head too
I just came across your video by way of Usefulcharts. Good video!
The German pronunciation of Veit sounds pretty much like the English word "fight". It is the German version of (St.) Vitus.
Thanks for letting me know
Are there any Bach descendants alive today? If so, are any of them involved with music?
@Luiz Sa No there aren’t any descendants of Bach living to this day. His great-granddaughter (on the tree) Frau Caroline Augusta Wilhelmine Ritter was his last known descendant dying in 1871.
That is not true, I myself am a descendant of Bach. According to my family tree, I am his 11th great grandson@@JakeTheGenealogist
@@davidlewis6699 What, is that true ? And how do you know you are ?
@@davidlewis6699 me to
My family tree
Just a note dear, the photo of Johann Michael Bach i is actually photo of Johann Michael Haydn the Brother of Franz Joseph Haydn and not photo of Johann Michael Bach i ^_^
Marquis William Smith Thanks for letting me know! I must’ve searched up Johann Michael Bach in Google Images and it came up with a picture of Haydn instead
Great tree!
Thanks very much!
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (May 11, 1715 - May 27, 1739) he also was a musician.
Yes, on his wikipedia, it says that it is not known whether he composed any works or not and also he never really made much of a career out of music, so I decided not to mention him as a musician.
@@JakeTheGenealogist The is only one work by him available in the collection of Anna Magdalena Bach you can find it in imslp ^_^
@@JakeTheGenealogist his portrait i.pinimg.com/originals/17/e2/d6/17e2d6b1c03f71fd6cd8899cf91f82da.jpg
@@JakeTheGenealogistGottfried Heinrich Bach has no photo, the photo is for german composer Heinrich Schütz ^_^
@@JakeTheGenealogist you can use the Bach Family Crest to refer for rest of the family members, if you want use a photo for each one of them ^_^
Did any of these Bachs migrate to Graf, Russia? Asking for a friend.
I don't think so, I think they pretty much stayed in what is now Germany for as long as the family existed, well except for a couple like Johann Christian Bach, but I don't know of any Bach who traveled to Russia, no.
. "Veit Bach, ein Weißbecker aus Ungarn ..." (Bratislava = Pozsony)
Thanks for the correction