Johann Ludwig Bach

Johann Ludwig Bach (born 4 Februarjul / February 14 1677greg in Thal near Eisenach. . Buried May 1, 1731 in Meiningen ), called the " Meininger Bach", was a German composer of the Bach family.

His father was the organist and cantor Jacob Bach ( 1655-1718 ). Johann Ludwig had two sons, Anton and Samuel Gottlieb Friedrich, who worked as an organist and pastel painter in Meiningen. Their descendants still live. By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) he was a distant relative and was very much appreciated by this as an artist.

Life

1688-1693 Johann Ludwig attended the Gymnasium in Gotha, 1699, he was a " Hoboist and Laquay " working at the Meininger Hof, where he has probably get further composition lessons from the conductor Georg Caspar Schürmann. From 1703 he served as cantor and teacher Page. In October 1706, Bach applied in vain to the point cantor at St. George's Church in Eisenach, which had held previously Andreas Christian Dedekind († 1706). From 1711 he was faced with the Meiningen Court Orchestra as conductor, after he was already starting 1709 " Capell Inspector ", as such, he was responsible for the administration of the instruments, as well as the composition of secular works.

Works

Only little remains of his works. The fact that two Fairs and at 24 cantatas have survived, Johann Sebastian Bach is thanks to the 1726 has performed in Leipzig cantatas 18 Meininger his cousin and seven other newly composed texts Meininger cantata vintage from 1719. The cantata is because you will not be in hell, which is listed as BWV 15 My soul was earlier than works of Johann Sebastian Bach's, but is now generally attributed to Johann Ludwig Bach.

A systematic catalog of works is not available. The works are numbered according to the order of their discovery.

Instrumental

From the instrumental music that had to have composed as Kapellmeister in large numbers Johann Ludwig, only the overture a 4 in G Major from 1715 and a Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D Major for is handed down.

Church Music

  • Missa brevis in E minor " sopra cantilena God alone in the Hoh ' " (16 September 1716) for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, strings and basso continuo ( BWV Anh III 166). The fair was held in the estate of Johann Sebastian Bach, it also comes from the beginning of the Gloria
  • Missa in G major ( BWV Anh III 167) for two choirs and basso continuo. The choir I still belong strings and bassoon, the choir II 4 oboes, bassoon and violone ( uncertain authorship ) to
  • Magnificat for 8 voices

The 11 surviving motets are usually for two choirs to 4 voices (SATB ) and basso continuo. They were in two anthologies in the Duchess Anna Amalia Library:

  • The blood of Jesus Christ
  • This is my joy
  • They walked right for you
  • Remember me, O my God
  • God be merciful to me ( for 9 voices and B. c. )
  • I made you a small moment
  • I want to look to the Lord
  • Be happy now again
  • Our tribulation
  • Us a Child is born
  • We know that if our earthly house of

Of the currently known 22 Church Cantatas Johann Ludwig Bach Johann Sebastian Bach has 18 listed from February to September in Leipzig in 1726. They belong to the older type without cantata madrigalische seal. The texts are based on the scheme

The cast is usually a four-part choir and strings, sometimes with two oboes, two horns looks a cantata before.

In addition, funeral music for the burial of the Duke Ernst Ludwig in 1724 is obtained, the text of the Duke himself had written, and which is considered among the most ambitious surviving compositions JL Bach. It has an unusually rich Instrumentation: 2 four -part choirs, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings and basso continuo.

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