Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich 06/21/1732 - 01/26/1795

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795), second-to-youngest surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach, perpetuated a venerable name among the Bachs, Johann Sebastian's elder brother, uncle, and second cousin all sharing the name Johann Christoph.



He became court chamber musician at Bückeburg in the same year that his father died, and is known therefore as the "Bückeburg" Bach. He composed oratorios, symphonies, cantatas, keyboard works, songs, and concertos, and was the father of composer Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach.