Johann Michael Bach (9 November 1745 in

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– 13 June 1820 in

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composer, lawyer and music theorist. He was a son of Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755). He is not to be confused with his great-uncle

Johann Michael Bach Johann Michael Bach (baptised , Arnstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – , Gehren) was a German composer of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as well as first cousin, once removed and father-in-law of Johann Sebast ...

(1648–1694, brother of

Johann Christoph Bach Johann Christoph Bach (baptised – 31 March 1703) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period. Johann Christoph was an older cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach who would later describe him in his ''Genealogy'' (, 1735) as "the pr ...

). He was active as a lawyer in

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(Mecklenburg), then a music teacher at the high school in Elberfeld,

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.''Hugo Riemann (1849–1919): Leben, Werk und Wirkung'' Michael Arntz – 1999 "Es gab sogar noch einen weiteren bühnentauglichen Schreiber in der Dynastie, Johann Michael Bach hieß er, ... fand sein Auskommen als Musiklehrer eines Gymnasiums im bergischen Elberfeld, heute Wuppertal, wo er 1820 mit 75 Jahren starb." His main theoretical work was his ''Kurze und systematische Anleitung zum General-Bass und der Tonkunst uberhaupt'' published at Kassel in 1780.

Works

*''Friedens-Cantata''; Ingrid Schmithüsen, Howard Crook, Gotthold Schwarz, Klaus Mertens,

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* German male classical composers German Classical-period composers Musicians from Leipzig Johann Michael 18th-century German lawyers German music theorists 1745 births 1820 deaths {{Germany-composer-stub