Johann Ernst Bach was a German composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 of the Bach family

Bach family

The Bach family was of importance in the history of music for nearly two hundred years, with over 50 known musicians and several notable composers, the best-known of whom was Johann Sebastian Bach...

. He was the son of Johann Bernhard Bach

Johann Bernhard Bach

Johann Bernhard Bach was a German composer, and second cousin of J. S. Bach. He was born in Erfurt, and his early musical education was by his father, Johann Aegidus Bach. He took up his position as organist in Erfurt in 1695, and then took a similar position in Magdeburg...

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Life

He was born in Eisenach

Eisenach

Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Its population in 2006 was 43,626.-History:...

, the son of Johann Bernhard Bach

Johann Bernhard Bach

Johann Bernhard Bach was a German composer, and second cousin of J. S. Bach. He was born in Erfurt, and his early musical education was by his father, Johann Aegidus Bach. He took up his position as organist in Erfurt in 1695, and then took a similar position in Magdeburg...

, and studied in the Thomasschule in Leipzig

Leipzig

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 with Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

. n 1742 he was hired as the official advocate in Eisenach

Eisenach

Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Its population in 2006 was 43,626.-History:...

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Since 1756, he was Court music of Duke Ernst August

Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar and, from 1741, of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach....

 of Saxe-Weimar

Saxe-Weimar

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His son Johann Georg Bach

Johann Georg Bach

Johann Georg Bach was a german Organist.Johann Georg Bach came from the Bach family, being the son of Johann Ernst Bach. From 1777 he was organist at Georgenkirche in Eisenach....

 succeeded him as organist at the Church of St. George in Eisenach

Eisenach

Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Its population in 2006 was 43,626.-History:...

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Sacred Cantatas

• Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht
• Auf und säumt euch nicht, ihr Frommen
• Der Herr ist nahe bei denen, for funeral of Duke Ernst August Constantin
• Die Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen
• Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
• Herzlich lieb hab ich dich
• Kein Stündlein geht dahin
• Kommt herzu, lasset uns frohlocken
• Mein Odem ist schwach (BWV 222), choral movts also as motet, Unser Wandel ist im Himmel (BWV Anh. 165)
• Meine Seele erhebet den Herren (i)
• Meine Seele erhebet den Herren (ii)
• Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (iii)
• Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
• Sei willkommen, mächtiger Herrscher,
• Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
• So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin
• Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn
• Wenn Donnerwolken über dir sich türmen (Das Vertrauen der Christen auf Gott)
• Wünschet Jerusalem Glück
• Wie der Hirsch schreiet, lost
• Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, lost
• several other lost cantatas (for the annual cycle 1766)

Other sacred works

• Mass on Es woll uns Gott gnädig sein, SATB, bc

• Aus der Tiefen, motet, SATB
• Mein Odem ist schwach, motet, SATB
• Unser Wandel ist im Himmel (= bwv Anh. 165), motet, SATB
• 11 others, doubtful

Secular cantatas

• Gesegneten Auftritt, for birthday of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Gotha, 1756, lost
• Wer sagt mir doch, was für Entzücken, lost
• Sammlung auserlesener Fabeln.
  • part 1, Nuremberg, 1749
  • part 2, unpublished
• Lächerliche Mammonshüter (An die Geizigen), 1770

Instrumental

• Sinfonia in B
• other lost sinfonias
• 3 Sonaten, kbd, vn, part 1, Eisenach, 1770
• 3 Sonaten, kbd, vn, part 2, Eisenach, 1772
• Sonata, A,fl., vn, bc

Keyboard Works

• Sonata in G, harpsichord
• Sonata in F, harpsichord
• Sonata in G, harpsichord
• Sonata in A, harpsichord

• Fantasia and fugue in d
• Fantasia and fugue in a
• Fantasia and fugue in F
• Chorale Valet will ich dir geben

Sources

• H. Kühn: Vier Organisten Eisenachs aus Bachischem Geschlecht, Bach in Thüringen, 1950
• C. Oefner: Die Musikerfamilie Bach in Eisenach, Eisenach, 1984
• H. Max: Verwandtes im Werk Bachs, seiner Schüler und Söhne, 1986
• E. Odrich and P. Wollny: Die Briefkonzepte des Johann Elias Bach, 2000

External links

• Sammlung auserlesener Fabeln, hrsg. v. Hermann Kretzschmar
  Hermann Kretzschmar
  August Ferdinand Hermann Kretzschmar was a German musicologist and writer, and is considered a founder of interpretation in musical study.- Career :...
  
   in der Reihe Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst (I. Folge, Bd. 42), Leipzig 1910
• Passionsoratorium, hrsg. v. Joseph Kromolicki in der Reihe Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst (I. Folge, Bd. 48), Leipzig 1914
• Diskografie der Werke Bachs und der Bach-Familie with several info