Johann Jacob Bach

Johann Jacob Bach ( or Johann Jacob ) ( baptized 11 Februarjul / February 21 1682greg in Eisenach. . † April 16, 1722 in Stockholm ) was a German musician and elder brother of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Life

Johann Jacob Bach was considered the second youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach, who worked as a court musician in Eisenach and town pipers, and his wife Elizabeth born. He attended as well as his siblings, the Latin school in his native town. His parents died in quick succession in 1694 and 1695, so he was 13 years old for full orphans. The further education of the two youngest children, Johann Jacob and Johann Sebastian was taken over by the older brother Johann Christoph Bach, who worked as organist at Ohrdruf Michaelis Church. However, its income as an organist was not enough to pay for in addition to its growing family and the education of his two younger brothers, so that they were forced to contribute to the family upkeep. That may have been one reason that Johann Jacob ( unlike his brother Johann Sebastian ) aged 14 years, decided to end the school and begin a musical apprenticeship with Johann Heinrich Hall, the successor of his father in Eisenach. In 1704, Johann Jacob decided as an oboist in the services, that is, in the court orchestra of King Charles XII. Logo of Sweden. This opportunity presented itself, as Charles XII. had advanced with his armies during the Great Northern War in Poland to the borders of Saxony. There are suspicions that the by Johann Sebastian Bach composed Capriccio sopra la lontananza de il fratro dilettissimo in B flat major ( BWV 992 ) refers to the departure of his brother towards Poland, but this is not documented, it could also be the occasion of the farewell of Johann Sebastian's school friend Georg Erdmann have arisen.

Henceforth accompanied Johann Jacob the Swedish king with his band on his campaigns in North and Eastern Europe. When the tables were turned Swedish fortunes of war and suffered the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava in 1709 in Ukraine a crushing defeat, Johann Jacob fled as well as the Swedish king to Constantinople to the Ottoman court Opel. There he came into contact with the French musician Pierre -Gabriel Buffardin. In 1713 he came as well as King Charles XII. in a roundabout way to Stockholm. On May 31, 1715 he married Susanna Maria Gaast, however, died after a few years of marriage. The closed on October 15, 1721 marriage to his Swedish second wife, Ingeborg Magdalena Norell was short-lived, as Johann Jacob died in Stockholm at the age of 40 years.