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The Connections of Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque composer whose counterpoint remains music's foundation Every person recorded alongside Johann Sebastian Bach in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Johann Sebastian Bach in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Johann Ambrosius Bach, Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt
- Spouses
- Anna Magdalena Bach, Maria Barbara Bach
- Children
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Catharina Dorothea Bach, Elisabeth Juliana Friderica Bach, Maria Sophia Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Leopold Augustus Bach, Christiana Sophia Enrietta Bach
- Siblings
- Johann Christoph Bach III, Johann Jacob Bach
- Teachers
- Johann Ambrosius Bach, Johann Christoph Bach III, Johann Ludwig Bach, Johann Christoph Bach II, Dietrich Buxtehude
- Students
- Johann Friedrich Agricola, Johann Christoph Altnickol, Johann Friedrich Doles, Carl Gotthelf Gerlach, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Johann Gottfried Müthel, Johann Christian Kittel, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Nikolaus Tischer
- Influenced by
- Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Georg Pisendel
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1685 to 1750.
Early Modern era
Charles III
January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Early Modern era
Jean Cavalier
November 28, 1681 – May 17, 1740
Camisard rebel leader, Governor of Jersey
Early Modern era
Louis XIV
September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715
King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
Early Modern era
Frederick the Great
January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Early Modern era
Maria Theresa
May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
Early Modern era
Peter the Great
May 30, 1672 – January 28, 1725
Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
Early Modern era
Catherine the Great
April 21, 1729 – November 17, 1796
Empress who modernized and expanded the Russian Empire
Early Modern era
Aurangzeb
November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707
The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707
Early Modern era
Kangxi Emperor
May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722
3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722)
Early Modern era
Qianlong Emperor
September 25, 1711 – February 7, 1799
Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)
Early Modern era
Thomas Jefferson
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
Early Modern era
Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)