Johann Ernst Bach (baptised ; died 21 March 1739) (also known as ''Johannes Ernestus Bach'') was a German
organist in the
Bach family. He was born in
Arnstadt
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as the third child of
Johann Christoph Bach senior – twin brother of
Johann Sebastian Bach's father,
Johann Ambrosius Bach.
After his father's death, he grew up with relatives in
Ohrdruf, where attended the ''
Lyzeum
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'' together with his cousin Johann Sebastian. From April 1701, he lived in Hamburg for half a year, to study the organ.
After that, he worked in
Frankfurt as a musician.
In 1705, he returned to Arnstadt, where he temporarily played the organ in the
New Church as a substitute for Johann Sebastian Bach. Johann Ernst visited Johann Sebastian when he moved from
Arnstadt
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to
Lübeck to hear the famous organist in
Marienkirche,
Dieterich Buxtehude.
After Johann Sebastian had moved to
Mühlhausen
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Mühlhausen was first mentioned in 967 and bec ...
in 1707, Johann Ernst applied to succeed him, which was granted to him in 1708.
His salary was less than half that of his predecessor. In 1728, he also became organist of the
Oberkirche and the
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.
An application for the post of organist in
Gehren in 1727 was not successful.
Nothing is known of any compositions of his own. It is possible, however, that he was the previous owner of the ''Altbachisches Archiv'' (Old Bach's archive).
References
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: ''JSB, The Learned Musician'', "At the Blasius Church in Mühlhausen"
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German male organists
German organists
People from Eisenach
1683 births
1739 deaths
18th-century keyboardists
18th-century German male musicians
Organists from the Holy Roman Empire