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Johann Christian Bach (5 September 1735 – 1 January 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin.
Johann Christian Bach (born Sept. 5, 1735, Leipzig [Germany]—died Jan. 1, 1782, London, Eng.) was a composer called the “English Bach,” youngest son of J.S. and Anna Magdalena Bach and prominent in the early Classical period.
Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was born in 1735 in Leipzig. He was taught to play keyboard instruments and music theory by his father from an early age.
Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical music era and the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as "the London Bach" or "the English Bach," due to his time spent living there as well as the musical contributions which he made to the music of England.
Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach (b. 1685–d. 1750), was one of the originators of the Classical style, an important composer and concert organizer in London.
Johann Christian Bach: the pioneering ‘English Bach’, who proved a major inspiration to a certain young Mozart.
One of the most notable of Bach’s children, J.C. Bach (or John Bach, as he would be called in London) branched away from his father’s highly contrapuntal music, instead forging a very clean and melody-oriented musical style that would serve as one of Mozart’s primary musical inspirations.
