Composers

Johann Christian Bach

Harpsichord
Piano
Orchestra
Violin
Flute
Cello
Viola
Voice
Oboe
Mixed chorus
Sonata
Concerto
Symphony
Quartet
Operas
Quintet
Overture
Duet
Opera seria
Song
by popularity

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2 Keyboard Quintets, Op.222 Symphonies, Op.1820 Variations on 'Ich schlief, da träumte mir', W.YA 433 Symphonies, Op.94 Sonatas and 2 Duetts, Op.154 Sonatas and 2 Keyboard Duets, Op.186 Canzonettas, Op.66 Favourite Opera Overtures6 Favourite Overtures in 8 Parts6 Keyboard Concertos, Op.16 Keyboard Concertos, Op.136 Keyboard Concertos, Op.76 Keyboard Sonatas, Op.176 Keyboard Sonatas, Op.56 Keyboard Trios, Op.26 Quartets, Op.86 Quintets, Op.116 Symphonies, Op.36 Symphonies, Op.86 Trio Sonatas, W.B 30-356 Violin Sonatas, Op.106 Violin Sonatas, Op.16

A

Air in E-flat majorAlessandro nell'Indie, W.G 3Amadis de GauleArtaserse, W.G 1

B

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, W.C 83Bassoon Concerto in E-flat major, W.C 82Braes of Ballanden, W.LH 1

C

Carattaco, W.G 7Catone in Utica, W.G 2Cefalo e Procri, W.G 19Chromatic Fugue on BACH, W.YA 50

D

Dies Irae, W.E 12

F

Flute Concerto in D major, W.C 79Flute Quartet in A major, W.B 59Flute Quartet in C major, W.B 58Flute Quartet in C major, W.B 64Flute Quartet in D major, W.B 57Flute Quartet in D major, W.B 62

G

Gioas re di Giuda

K

Keyboard Concerto in B-flat major, W.C 65Keyboard Concerto in D major, W.C 54Keyboard Concerto in D major, W.C 63Keyboard Concerto in E major, W.C 71Keyboard Concerto in E-flat major, W.C 59Keyboard Concerto in G major, W.C 52Keyboard Concerto in G major, W.C 60aKeyboard Quartet in G major, W.B 66Keyboard Quintet in D major, W.B 76Keyboard Sonata in A major, W.A 11Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, W.A 1Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, W.A 12Keyboard Sonata in C minor, W.A 6Keyboard Sonata in C minor, W.A 8Keyboard Sonata in D major, W.A 2Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, W.A 4Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, W.A 9Keyboard Sonata in G major, W.A 10Keyboard Sonata in G major, W.A 10bKeyboard Sonata in G major, W.A 3Keyboard Sonata in G major, W.A 7

L

La clemenza di Scipione, W.G 10L'Endimione, W.G 15

O

Oboe Concerto in F major, W.C 81

Q

Quartet in C major, W.B 51Quartet in E-flat major, W.B 53Quartet in F major, W.B 54Quintet in A major, W.B 74Quintet in C major, W.B 70Quintet in D major, W.B 75Quintet in F major, W.B 72Quintet in G major, W.B 71

S

Sinfonia concertante, W.C 34Sonata for Keyboard Duet, W.A 19Sonata for Two Keyboards, W.A 21Symphony in B-flat major, W.B 17Symphony in D major, W.C 1Symphony in D major, W.C 27Symphony in D major, W.XC 2Symphony in E-flat major, W.C 26Symphony in G minor, W.C 12

T

Temistocle, W.G.8The Broom of Cowdenknows, W.LH 2Toccata in C majorTrio Sonata in F major, W.B 40

V

Vauxhall Songs II, W.H 28-31Violin Sonata in D major, W.B 14Violin Sonata in G major, W.B 11
Wikipedia
Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After a spell in Italy, Bach moved to London in 1762, where he became known as "the London Bach". He is also sometimes known as "the English Bach", and during his time spent living in the British capital, he came to be known as John Bach. He is noted for playing a role in influencing the concerto styles of Haydn and Mozart. He contributed significantly to the development of the new sonata principle.
Johann Christian Bach was born to Johann Sebastian and Anna Magdalena Bach in Leipzig, Germany. His distinguished father was already 50 at the time of his birth—an age gap exemplified by the sharp differences in the musical styles of father and son. Even so, father Bach instructed Johann Christian in music until his death in 1750. After his father's death, he worked (and lived) with his second-oldest half brother Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who was twenty-one years his senior and considered at the time to be the most musically gifted of Bach's sons.
He enjoyed a promising career, first as a composer then as a performer playing alongside Carl Friedrich Abel, the notable player of the viola da gamba. He composed cantatas, chamber music, keyboard and orchestral works, operas and symphonies.
Bach lived in Italy for many years starting in 1750, studying with Padre Martini in Bologna. He became organist at the Milan cathedral in 1760. During his time in Italy, he converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism and devoted much time to the composition of church music, including music for a Requiem Mass and a Te Deum. His first major work was a Mass, which received an excellent performance and acclaim in 1757. In 1762, Bach travelled to London to première three operas at the King's Theatre, including Orione on 19 February 1763. In 1764 or 65 the castrato Giusto Fernando Tenducci, who became a close friend, created the title role in his opera Adriano in Siria at King's.
That established his reputation in England, and he became music master to Queen Charlotte. In 1766, Bach met soprano Cecilia Grassi, who was eleven years his junior, and married her shortly thereafter. They had no children. J. C. Bach performed symphonies and concertos at the Hanover Square Rooms on the corner of Hanover Square and Hanover Street. This was London’s premier concert venue in the heart of fashionable Mayfair. The surrounding Georgian homes offered well-to-do clientele for his performances.
One of London’s primary literary circles, which included Jane Timbury, Robert Gunnell Esq., Lord Beauchamp, and the Duchess of Buccleuch, was acquainted with Bach, and members were regular attendees at his events.
In 1777 he won a landmark case, Bach v Longman, which established that (in English law) copyright law applied to musical scores.
By the late 1770s, both his popularity and finances were in decline. By the time of Bach's death on New Year's Day 1782, he had become so indebted (in part due to his steward embezzling his money), that Queen Charlotte stepped in to cover the expenses of the estate and provided a life pension for Bach's widow. He was buried in the graveyard of St. Pancras Old Church, London.
A full account of J. C. Bach's career is given in the fourth volume of Charles Burney's History of Music.
There are two others named Johann Christian Bach in the Bach family tree, but neither was a composer.
In 1764 Bach met with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was aged eight at the time and had been brought to London by his father. Bach then spent five months teaching Mozart in composition. Bach is widely regarded as having a strong influence on the young Mozart, with scholars such as Téodor de Wyzewa and Georges de Saint-Foix describing him as "The only, true teacher of Mozart". Mozart arranged three sonatas from Bach's Op. 5 into keyboard concertos, and in later life Mozart "often acknowledged the artistic debt he owed" to Johann Christian. Upon hearing of Bach's death in 1782, Mozart commented, "What a loss to the musical world!"
The works of J. C. Bach are given 'W' numbers, from Ernest Warburton's Thematic catalog of his works (New York City: Garland Publishing, 1999). Bach's compositions include eleven operas, as well as chamber music, orchestral music and compositions for keyboard music.
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