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Old 07-17-2011, 01:02 AM   #31 (permalink)
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And so many more notable Bachs! Look at the Bach Family Tree.
Exciting stuff.
Yes, thank you! I see five of his children were composers and/or musicians:

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J.S. Bach's musical children
Bach family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Of the seven children that Johann Sebastian Bach had with his first wife only three survived him. Two of these had musical careers of their own: Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

Johann Sebastian Bach then married Anna Magdalena Wilcken, herself a gifted soprano and daughter of the court trumpeter of Prince Saxe-Weissenfels. They had 13 children, of whom Gottfried Heinrich, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johann Christian became significant musicians
I have read elsewhere on Wikipedia that Carl's older brother Wilhelm sadly died in poverty and seems to have had a lot of disappointments, but both were considered excellent composers during their lives. I've been listening to some of their music today.
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