About Johann Michael Bach III
Lived 1745 – 1820 (aged 74). Johann Michael Bach III was a composer, musicologist, music theorist, lawyer, jurist and music teacher.
Johann Michael Bach (9 November 1745 in Struth near Schmalkalden – 13 June 1820 in Elberfeld) was a German composer, lawyer and music theorist.
He was a son of Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755). He is not to be confused with his great-uncle Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694, brother of Johann Christoph Bach). He was active as a lawyer in Güstrow (Mecklenburg), then a music teacher at the high school in Elberfeld, Wuppertal.
His main theoretical work was his Kurze und systematische Anleitung zum General-Bass und der Tonkunst uberhaupt published at Kassel in 1780.
Works Friedens-Cantata; Ingrid Schmithüsen, Howard Crook, Gotthold Schwarz, Klaus Mertens, Hermann Max; cpo 999 671-2, 2000
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Who was Johann Michael Bach III?
German composer, born 1745
When was Johann Michael Bach III born?
Johann Michael Bach III was born on 9 November 1745 in Struth-Helmershof.
When did Johann Michael Bach III die?
Johann Michael Bach III died on 13 June 1820 in Elberfeld.
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Johann Michael Bach III was a composer, musicologist, music theorist, lawyer, jurist and music teacher.
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· DBpedia: Johann Michael Bach (musician at Wuppertal)
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