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34 The older Bach family The older Bach family “Johann Sebastian Bach belongs to a family whose love and skill in music appear as though they were universal gifts granted by nature to all its members. So much is certain, that from Veit Bach, the ancestor of the family, all his descendants, now down to the seventh generation, have devoted themselves to music, and all of them, with perhaps a few exceptions, have made it their profession.” The obituary of Johann Sebastian Bach which was written by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Friedrich Agricola begins with this retrospective glance over the family history. The placing of Bach’s artistry within the larger context of his family was of great importance both for the understanding of his achievements and for determining his place in music history. Among Bach’s forefathers there are a large number of composers with above-average gifts whose works represent a genuine enrichment of our musical life. Johann Bach (1604–1673) The Erfurt organist Johann Bach was the earliest member of the Bach fam ily to make his mark as a composer. His work was overshadowed by the privations caused by the Thirty Years’ War and the no less difficult years which followed. Those uncertain times also threatened the preserva tion of musical works of art with the result that we possess few examples of Johann Bach’s music. Three choral works are currently associated with his name, but none of these attributions are considered to be certain. – Sei nun wieder zufrieden (G/E) Coro SSAT/ATTB, [Bc] / 3 min ed. G. Graulich Carus 30.132 – Unser Leben ist ein Schatten (G/E) Coro SSATTB/ATB, Bc / 8 min ed. G. Graulich Carus 30.131 – Weint nicht um meinen Tod (Aria) (G) Coro SATB, [Bc] / 4 min Carus 1.253 Heinrich Bach (1615–1692) Heinrich Bach, Johann Bach’s younger brother, dominated the musical life of Arnstadt for more than half a century. Also due to the ill-fated times, only very few of his compositions have been preserved, including a sonorous sacred concerto, Ich danke dir, Gott, written in the Venetian style. – Ich danke dir, Gott (G/E) Soli SSATB, Coro SSATB, 2 Vl, 2 Va, Bc / 6 min ed. H. Bergmann Carus 30.402 – Kyrie (L) Coro SSATTB, ed. Th. Synofzik Carus 30.403 – Two Sonatas à 5 2 Vl, 2 Va, Vne (Vc), Bc /� ed. U. Konrad Carus 30.411 Georg Christoph Bach (1642–1697) Georg Christoph Bach, the elder brother of Johann Sebastian Bach’s father, Johann Ambrosius, worked from 1688 onwards as Kantor of the Johanniskirche in Schweinfurt. The only work of Georg Christoph Bach which we possess is a cantata which he composed on the occasion of both his 47th birthday and a visit to Schweinfurt by his two younger twin brothers. The composition alludes in various ways to its family context, and to the motto of brotherly harmony symbolized by an emblem on the title page of the score. – Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist’s (G/E) Soli TTB, Vl, Vne, 3 Vg, Bc / 8 min Carus 30.801 Bach vocal
Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703) Johann Christoph Bach, the eldest son of Heinrich Bach, was regarded in the family tradition as the greatest genius before Johann Sebastian; in the family chronicle he is described as the “great and expressive composer.” For more than twenty years J. C. Bach’s collaboration with his cousin Johann Ambrosius Bach proved to be particularly fruitful. The Eisenach Stadtchronik wrote of Johann Ambrosius that in 1672 he had “created an effect at Easter with organs, violins, singing, trumpets and timpani” such as no Kantor had previously achieved, but this impression was also due in no small measure to the demanding and extremely profound compositions of Johann Christoph Bach. His creative output is distinguished by a high degree of compositional skill and an extraordinarily harmonically rich and varied tonal language. – Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte (G/E) Solo A, Vl, 4 Vg (3 Va, Vc), Bc Carus 30.401 – Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren (G/E) Coro SSATB, [Bc] / 6 min ed. R. Kubik Carus 30.564 – Die Furcht des Herren (sacred concert) (G/E) Soli SSATB, Coro SATB, Fg, 2 Vl, 2 Va, Vc, Bc ed. H. Bergmann Carus 30.502 – Es erhub sich ein Streit (G) Coro SATBB/SATBB, 4 Tr, Timp, 3 Vl, 3 Va, Bc /� ed. D. Krüger Carus 30.567 – Es ist nun aus (death aria) (G) Coro SATB, [Bc] / 4 min Carus 1.253 – Fürchte dich nicht (G/E) Coro SATTB, Bc / 5 min ed. G. Graulich Carus 30.561 Bach vocal The older Bach family 35 – Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener (Canticum Simeonis) (G/E) Coro SATB/SATB, [Bc] / 4 min ed. G. Graulich Carus 30.569 – Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig (G/E) Soli SATB, 2 Vl, 2 Va, Cb (Fg), Bc / 12 min /� ed. H. Bergmann Carus 30.504 – Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf (G/E) Coro SATB/SATB, [Bc] / 4 min ed. G. Graulich Carus 30.566 – Meine Freundin, du bist schön (wedding dialog) (G/E) / Soli SATB, Coro SATB, Vl, 3 Va, Bc / 22 min ed. H. Bergmann Carus 30.503 – Merk auf, mein Herz (Christmas motet) (G) Coro SATB/SATB, [8 Instr, Bc] / 18 min /� ed. P. Wollny with the cantus firmus “Vom Himmel hoch” Carus 30.570 – Sei getreu bis in den Tod (G/E) Coro SSATB, [Bc] / 5 min ed. R. Kubik Carus 30.563 – Unsers Herzens Freude (G/E) Coro SATB/SATB, Bc ed. G. Graulich Carus 30.562 – Wie bist du denn, o Gott (G/E) Solo B, Vl, 3 Vg (2 Va, Vc), Bc / 12 min ed. D. Hellmann Carus 30.501 Vocal score and performance material of all works are available for sale.
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