BACH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN

krĭsˈtyän, 1735–82, German musician and composer; son of J. S. Bach. He went to Italy in 1754, became a Roman Catholic, and composed church music and operas. In 1760 he became organist of the Milan Cathedral. Two years later he went to England, where he became music master to the royal family. A popular and highly prolific composer in the rococo style, he influenced the young Mozart.

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books on: Bach Johann Christian  - 380 results

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Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life in Pictures and Documents
Book by Hans Conrad Fischer; Hanssler, 2000
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750, Composers--Germany--Biography
...Bach, Johann August Abraham 116 6 Bach, Johann Bemhard 14, 18 Bach, Johann Christian 13-18, 116, 120; 91 Bach, Johann Christoph 14-18, 20, 24 Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich 18, 116, 120; 4,9 Bach, Johann Egydius 14, 18 Bach...
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Master and His Work
Book by Wilibald Gurlitt, Oliver C. Rupprecht; Concordia Publishing, 1957
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750
...century musical 65 - 66 August the Strong 103 , 105 Bach, Anna Magdalena 79 , 82 , 91 , 95 , 134 , 137 Bach, Johann Christian 76 , 135 Bach, Johann Christoph 28 - 29 Bach, Johann Gottfried 95 Bach, Johann Sebastian birth in Eisenach 32 cheerfulness...
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Story of the Development of a Great Personality
Book by C. Hubert H. Parry; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1909
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750
Bach, Elizabeth, 18 " Hans, 15 , 18 , 26 " Heinrich, 16 " Johann, 15 " Johann Christian 1 , 15 " Johann Christian 2 , 569 " Johann Christoph 1 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 83...
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The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach
Book by Richard D. P. Jones; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750--Criticism And Interpretation
...the common musical language that Bach had built up during his early...Music gebracht von Joh. Seb. Bach Org. Molhusino ( At the request of Dr Georg Christian Eilmar set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Organist at Miilllhausen...
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J.S. Bach
Book by Malcolm Boyd, John Butt; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--1685-1750--Dictionaries
...family Bach, Anna Magdalena Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Christoph i Bach, Johann Christoph ii Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Elias Bach, Johann...
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journal articles on: Bach Johann Christian  - 96 results

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Bach: Luther's Musical Prophet?
Journal article by Rebecca Lloyd; Current Musicology, 2007
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--Evaluation, Bach, Johann Sebastian--Works, Classical music--Evaluation, Classical music--Religious aspects, Composers--Evaluation, Composers--Works, Hermeneutics--Evaluation, Luther, Martin (German religious leader)--Evaluation, Luther, Martin (German religious leader)--Influence, Lutheranism--Evaluation, Religious reformers--Evaluation, Religious reformers--Influence
...Calov Bible of J. S. Bach. Studies in Musicology...The Cantatas of J. S. Bach, revised and translated...Siebeck. Hofmann, Johann Christian Konrad von. 1841- 44...Lang. ---. 2006. Bach in the Midst of Religious...
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A Performer's Guide to the Sacred Solo Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach
Journal article by Antonio Rodrigues-Pavao; Journal of Singing, Vol. 65, 2009
...Johann Sebastian Bach by Antonio Rodrigues...cantatas written by Johann Sebastian Bach can be a daunting...countertenor Christian Gerhart Bernhardi...Text: Georg Christian Lehms Range...Duration: 23:40 Bach adapted the...Chorale: Johann Rist Range...
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"Johann Friedrich Fasch Und Sein Wirkin Für Zerbst," International Scholarly Conference on the Occasion of the Fifth International Fasch Festival, Zerbst, Germany, 18 and 19 April 1997
Journal article by Barbara Reul; Canadian University Music Review, Vol. 17, 1997
Subjects: Classical music, Composers, Conferences, Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758), Germany, Musical criticism
...Zerbst Court Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688...with the provoking "Johann Friedrich Fasch - Meister...Telemann, and J. S. Bach. Daniel G. Geldenhuys...Africa) considered "Johann Friedrich and Catharine...son, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch. The friendly...
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Disruptive Spatiality and the Experience of Recordings of Bach's Solo Cello Suites
Journal article by Naomi Waltham-Smith; Current Musicology, 2006
Subjects: Architectural design--Criticism and interpretation, Bach, Johann Sebastian--Criticism and interpretation, Cellos, Chamber music--Criticism and interpretation, Composition (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Violoncello
...Tatlow, Ruth M. 1991. Bach and the Riddle of the...Yearsley, David. 2002. Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint...Absolute, or, Why is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting...Beschi, Paolo. 1998. Johann Sebastian Bach: Violoncello Solo Suites...
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Commentary on Wawruch's Report: Biographies of Andreas Wawruch and Johann Seibert, Schindler's Responses to Wawruch's Report, and Beethoven's Medical Condition and Alcohol Consumption
Journal article by Michael Lorenz; The Beethoven Journal, Vol. 22, 2007
...issue of this journal,24 Christian Reiter claimed that Dr...suspicion on magister chirurgtae Johann Seibert. The Surgeon: Johann Seibert Johann Seibert has not always fared...negotiations between Dr. Bach and Seibert in July 1827...
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magazine articles on: Bach Johann Christian  - 143 results

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Decoding Bach 1: Emotion or Meaning?
Magazine article by Michael Graubart; Musical Times, Vol. 141, Autumn 2000
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Emotions, Musical criticism, Musicians & conductors
...in ex.3, more specifically in Bach, with words explicitly about joy...strictures. Schweitzer regarded Bach as a devout Christian whose job as a church musician...complex in their implications, Bach resorted to multiple languages...
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J. S. Bach in Japan
Magazine article by Uwe Siemon-Netto; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2000
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--Influence, Classical music--Religious aspects, Japanese--Religious aspects, Musicians--Religious aspects
...Peacocke: "Bach is a vehicle...belong to a Christian denomination...the music of Johann Sebastian Bach." "I fit...words mean to Christians," she explained...became the first Christian missionary to...persecution of all Christians followed. Believers...enough to help Johann Sebastian Bachs...What makes Bach so successful...
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Bach: Ad Majorem Dei Gloria
Magazine article by Tom Pniewski; World and I, Vol. 15, March 2000
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--Family, Composers--18th century AD, Musicians--18th century AD
...anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, a man who was little known...stream) but Meer (ocean)." Johann Sebastian Bach is surely one of the greatest...of genius. A Life in Music Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685...
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Bach
Magazine article by Benjamin Ivry; Strings, Vol. 15, August 2000
Subjects: Akademie fur Alte Musik-Berlin, Alessandrini, Rinaldo, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Classical music, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Italiano, Muller-Bruhl, Helmut, Musical recordings
...perky rendition of the Bach Concerto for Two Violins...Hanssler labels complete Bach edition, with conductor...composer and patriarch, Johann Sebastian. Another ensemble...Concertos for Harmonia Mundis Bach series (HMX 2951634...the cello suites and Christian Tetzlaffs recent sublime...
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Did Johann Sebastian Bach Write the Cello Suites?
Magazine article by Martin Jarvis; Musical Opinion, Vol. 126, November 2002
...closeness between her and Johann Sebastian Bach, for they were married...da-- gamba player Christian Ferdinand Abel, but...proof of that. Perhaps Johann Sebastian Bach simply wanted to experiment...painted, presumably at Johann Sebastian request...
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newspaper articles on: Bach Johann Christian  - 38 results

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It Is Called the Bach Festival, after All
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 19, 2005
It Is Called the Bach Festival, after All...Guard This years Oregon Bach Festival will include...devoted to its namesake. Johann Sebastian Bachs Christmas...three oratorios that Bach wrote during the church...sing the praises of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels...
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Handel and Bach by Candlelight: The Holidays
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 7, 2006
Handel and Bach by Candlelight: The Holidays...the Holidays" will feature Johann Sebastian Bachs fifth Brandenburg...cadenza - probably played by Bach himself at the concertos premiere...Tuesday and Wednesday, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. Tickets...
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Prolific, Romantic, Backward-Looking Mendelssohn; Revisiting Eventful Life, Inspired Music of the Great Composer
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 14, 2004
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian, Mendelssohn, Felix, Mendelssohn, Moses
...Beethoven, Mozart or Bach, or even of a Berlioz...Op. 20, based on Johann von Goethes "Faust...its more Jewish or more Christian). In cases like these...conducting the revival of Johann Sebastian Bachs "St...oratorios (but also echoing Bach in "St. Paul" through...
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Performance Notes
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), May 9, 2004
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian
...He co-founded the Oregon Bach Festival with Helmuth Rilling...the UO. In addition to his Bach Festival and university experience...finishing touches on the 35th Oregon Bach Festival, which runs June 25...at 3 p.m. May 16 at First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. The concert...
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Sir Francis Drake Circumcised the World with a 100ft Clipper; HOW OUR GCSE STUDENTS RE-INVENTED HISTORY
Newspaper article by Christian Fraser; The Mirror (London, England), November 13, 1998
Subjects: Drake, Francis
...Clipper; HOW OUR GCSE STUDENTS RE-INVENTED HISTORY. by Christian Fraser EXAMS are a serious business - taking them and...in the autumn when apples are falling off the trees. Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large...
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encyclopedia articles on: Bach Johann Christian  - 3 results

 
 
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Bach, Johann Christian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BACH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN kris tyan bakh, 1735 82, German musician and composer; son of J. S. Bach. He went to Italy in 1754, became a Roman Catholic, and composed church...
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Bach
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, 1710 84, was made organist at...younger son was Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (see separate article), and the youngest son was Johann Christian Bach (see separate article). See...
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Symphony
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and partially defined symphonic form and style. Johann Stamitz , who was leader of the Mannheim group of...development of the symphony were made by C. P. E. Bach , Johann Christian Bach , C. H. Graun , and F. J. Gossec . It was Haydn...


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