Maria Barbara Bach

Maria Barbara Bach ( born October 20, 1684 Mitre; buried July 7, 1720 in Köthen ) was the daughter of Johann Michael Bach, a second cousin and first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Life

Maria Barbara and Johann Sebastian Bach had common great-grandparents:

Maria Barbara's father was a cantor in Arnstadt and then organist and town clerk in Mitre. He died when Maria Barbara was 10 years old. Her mother, Catharina Wedemann from Arnstadt died 1704. Thereafter, Maria Barbara lived with her two older sisters Anna Catharina Margreta and Barbara Bach in the house of Arnstädter Mayor Martin Feldhaus and his wife Margaret, née Wedemann.

As at October 17, 1707 Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara married in Dornheim at Arnstadt, both parents were no longer alive.

In the year before their wedding on November 11, 1706 was accused at a hearing Johann Sebastian Bach, he had " ohnlängsten the frembde maid to the choir biethen VND Irish music can be. ". Some biographers have suggested, Maria Barbara was this singer. However, this is unlikely, because she had lived at this time for two years in Arnstadt and on top of that a niece of the mayor was - so definitely no " frembde " spinster. "Whether it has acted as his cousin and future wife, Maria Barbara ," writes Martin Geck " must remain open. "

Maria Barbara Bach died suddenly while her husband stayed in Karlsbad in the wake of his employer, Prince Leopold of Anhalt- Köthen. Your exact date of death and the cause of death is not known; they had ever been laid before JS Bach homecoming on July 7, 1720 Köthener the old cemetery.

The city of Köthen built in 2004 in memory of Maria Barbara Bach a memorial stone in the Peace Park. Another monument to the memory of Maria Barbara Bach and their father, Johann Michael Bach is located in her birthplace Mitre.

Children

  • Catharina Dorothea (* December 28, 1708; † January 14, 1774 )
  • Wilhelm Friedemann, the Dresden or Halle Bach ( born November 22, 1710 † July 1, 1784 )
  • Johann Christoph (* February 23, 1713, † February 23, 1713 )
  • Maria Sophia ( * February 23, 1713, † March 15, 1713 )
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel, Berlin or Hamburg Bach ( born March 8, 1714 † December 14, 1788 )
  • Johann Gottfried Bernhard ( born May 11, 1715 † May 27, 1739 )
  • Leopold Augustus ( November 15, 1718 *, † September 29, 1719 )
Gehren Christoph Bach (musician) Heinrich Bach Johann Ambrosius Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach Christoph Wolff Integrated Authority File
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