Bach, Johann Ludwig 02/04/1677 - 04/29/1731

Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) was a second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach. He worked as Kapellmeister and court singer in Meiningen. J.S. Bach copied 18 of J.L.'s cantatas in his own hand and had them performed in Leipzig; as a result these works, including the cantata "Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen" were for a long time attributed to the more famous cousin. J.L.'s style was marked by a relatively advanced relationship between Italian and German elements of style.