Bach family

The Bach family had an extensive musician gender, from the second half of the 16th century in Central Germany numerous town musician, organist and composer came from until the mid- 19th century. The best known and most influential among them was Johann Sebastian Bach.

We distinguish two main lines for this family of artists:

• Erfurt line
• Arnstädter line

The Bach family dominated in Erfurt a century musical life in such a way that even in 1793 all Stadtpfeifer were called " Bache ," although no one of that name more long lived among them. In the church records of the Merchants' Church alone registered over 60 baptisms, weddings and funerals of family.

Master list

• Veit Bach ( 1550-1619 to ) - progenitor Johann (es) " Hans " Bach I ( † 1626 ) (son of Veit Bach) Johann (es) " Hans " Bach III ( 1604-1673 ) - the so-called Erfurt line Johann Christian Bach I (1640-1682) Johann Jacob Bach II (1668-1692)
• Johann Christoph Bach IV (1673-1727) Johann Samuel Bach (1694-1720)
• Johann Christian Bach II ( 1696 - )
• Johann Günther Bach II (1703-1756)

• Bach Johann Balthasar (1673-1691)
• Johann Bernhard Bach I (1676-1749) Johann Ernst Bach II (1722-1777) Bach Johann Georg I (1751-1797)

• Johann Friedrich Bach II (1706-1743)
• Johann Egidius Bach II (1709-1746)

• Georg Christoph Bach (1642-1697) Johann Valentin Bach (1669-1720) Johann Lorenz Bach (1695-1773)
• Johann Elias Bach (1705-1755)

• Johann Ernst Bach I (1683-1739)
• Johann Christoph Bach VII (1689-1740)

• Johann Christoph Bach III (1671-1721) Tobias Friedrich Bach (1695-1768)
• Johann Bernhard Bach II (1700-1743)
• Johann Christoph Bach VIII (1702-1756) Ernst Carl Gottfried Bach (1738-1801)
• Ernst Christian Bach (1747-1822)
• Christian Georg Philipp Bach (1734-1809)

• Johann Georg Christoph Bach (1747-1814)

• Catharina Dorothea Bach (1708-1774)
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) - the so-called " Dresden Bach" or " Halle Bach"
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) - the so-called " Hamburg Bach " or " Berlin Bach " Johann Sebastian Bach II (1748-1778), draftsman and painter

• Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759-1845)

• Johann Christoph Bach I (1642-1703) Johann Nikolaus Bach II (1669-1753)
• Johann Christoph Bach V ( 1676 - ) Johann Heinrich Bach II ( 1709 - )

• Maria Barbara Bach (1684-1720) - married to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

• Wendel Bach (1619-1682) Wolfsbehringen Jacob Bach (1655-1718) - the so-called " Ruhlaer Bach" Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) - the " Meininger Bach" Gottlieb Friedrich Bach (1714-1785) Johann Philipp Bach (1752-1846)

• Johann Christian Bach IV (1743-1814) - the so-called " Halle Bach Clavier "

• Johann Stephan Bach (1665-1717)

• Caspar Bach I (1570-1640) (brother of Veit Bach? ) Caspar Bach II (1600 - )
• Heinrich "Blind Jonas " Bach ( -1635 )
• Johann (es) Bach II ( 1612-1632 )
• Melchior Bach (1603-1634)
• Nicolaus Bach (1619-1637)

• Johann Michael Bach III (1745-1820) Bach Johann Georg II (1786-1874)
• Georg Friedrich Bach (1793-1860)