Johann Ernst Bach II

Johann Ernst Bach ( born January 28 in 1722 in Eisenach, † September 1, 1777 ) was a German composer of the Bach family. He is the son of Johann Bernhard Bach.

Bach first attended the Latin school in Eisenach, in 1737 then the Thomas School in Leipzig and studied with his godfather Johann Sebastian Bach.

In 1742 he was hired as a lawyer office in Eisenach. He represented his father as organist and was, after his death in 1749, his successor at St. George's Church. On February 3, 1756, he was appointed Kapellmeister of the Princely Duke Ernst August Constantin in Weimar.

From Bach works are preserved in the sensitive style. Mention may be made Fantasies and sonatas for piano and for piano and violin, organ pieces and church cantatas. The "Collection of exquisite Fables " by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert is considered the forerunner of the romantic ballads of the 19th century. His oratorio " O soul, whose tendons " has survived to the present day.

His eldest son, Johann Georg Bach followed him in office as Court and city organist at St. George's Church.

Expenditure

• Collection of exquisite fables, ed. v. Hermann Kretzschmar in the series Monuments German musical art ( I. consequence, Volume 42 ), Leipzig 1910 ( digitized )
• Passion oratorio, ed. v. Joseph Kromolicki in the series Monuments German musical art ( I. consequence, Volume 48 ), Leipzig 1914 ( digitized )