Johann Christian Bach

Biography

Johann Christian Bach (5 September 1735 – 1 January 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era and the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin. After his time in Berlin he made his way to Italy to study with the famous Padre Martini in Bologna. While in Italy, J.C. Bach was appointed as an organist at the Milan Cathedral. In 1762 he became a composer to the King’s Theatre in London where he wrote a number of successful Italian operas and became known as "The English Bach". Bach is responsible for the development of the sinfonia concertante form. He became one of the most influential figures of the classical period, influencing compositional styles of prolific composers like Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. There are two others named Johann Christian Bach in the Bach family tree, but neither was a composer.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Collaboration

  1964

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  In Concert

  1971

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  Music For Two Harpsichords

  1963

Credited work

1,624 releases · 311 albums · active 1951–2025

• Performance · 1,954
• Other credits · 9

Studios: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead · Zedernsaal, Schloss Kirchheim · Supraphon Studios · Église Évangelique Allemande

Frequent collaborators

• J.C. Bach
• Various
• J. C. Bach
• Mozart
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
• Jean-Chrétien Bach
• C.P.E. Bach
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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