Johann Jacob Bach

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Johann Jacob Bach (aka Johann Jakob) was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Born: Possibly in Eisenach,1682
Died: 1722

• played oboe and flute, and possibly violin.
• He and his brother, Johann Sebastian Bach, moved in with their older brother Johann Christoph Bach, organist at Ohrdruf, when his father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, died.[1]
• In 1704, left to be oboist in the army of King Charles XII of Sweden, which possibly inspired Johann Sebastian to write a Capriccio on the Absence of His Most Beloved Brother.[1a][2]
• Possibly also composed Sonata in C minor as "Signor Bach" [3]
• Studied flute under Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin in Constantinople.
• Participated in the battle of Poltava (1709)[4]
• 1713-1722 served in the court of Stockholm[4]

[edit] Sources

• [1] The Lives of The Great Composers, Volume One; by Harold C. Schonberg; (c) 1970; ISBN 0-86007-722-5
• [1a] Noted as one of a handful of JS Bach's humorous pieces in [1].
• [2] 1704 in music
• [3] Program Notes for 13 & 14 September 2003; J. S. Bach, His Inheritance, and His Legacy
• [4] Johann_Jacob_Bach on the Spanish Wikipedia lists book references.