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Johann Christian Bach: Quick Facts

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Born September 5, 1735 • Leipzig • Germany
Died January 1, 1782 (aged 46) • London • England
Movement / Style Baroque music • Rococo style
Notable Family Members father Johann Sebastian Bach
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
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.
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, drawing by P. Gulle, 1783; in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
German composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff in profile, seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys.
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer
John Corigliano
John Corigliano
American composer
Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Hans Werner Henze.
Hans Werner Henze
German composer
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Louis Spohr
German musician

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