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Born January 14, 1683 • Germany
Died August 4, 1753 (aged 70) • Dresden • Germany
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, drawing by P. Gulle, 1783; in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
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Dolmetsch, pen-and-ink drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1920; in a private collection
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Painting by Elias Gottlieb Hausmann of Johann Sebastian Bach wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and holding a sheet of music in his left hand.
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German-born piano maker
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