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JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH (1735—1782)

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CHRISTIAN See also:BACH (1735—1782) , the See also:eleventh son, was See also:born at See also:Leipzig, and on the See also:death of his See also:father in 1750 became the See also:pupil of his See also:brother Emanuel at See also:Berlin. In 1754 he went to See also:Italy where he studied under Padre See also:Martini, and from 1760 to 1762 held the See also:post of organist at See also:Milan See also:cathedral, for which hewrote two Masses, a See also:Requiem, a Te Deum and other See also:works. Having also gained some reputation as a composer of See also:opera, he was in 1762 invited to See also:London and there spent the See also:rest of his See also:life. For twenty years he was the most popular musician in See also:England, his dramatic works, produced at the See also:King's See also:theatre, were received with See also:great cordiality, he was appointed See also:music-See also:master to the See also:queen, and his concerts, given in See also:partnership with See also:Abel at the See also:Hanover Square rooms, soon became the most fashionable of public entertainments. He is of some See also:historical See also:interest as the first composer who preferred the See also:pianoforte to the older keyed-See also:instruments; but his works, though elegant and pleasing, were ephemeral in See also:character and have been deservedly forgotten. A full See also:account of J. C. Bach's career is given in the See also:fourth See also:volume of See also:Burney's See also:History of Music, and a See also:catalogue of his compositions in an See also:article by Max See also:Schwarz, published in the Sammelbande of the Internationale Musik-Gesellschaft, Jhrg. ii. p. 401. (W. H.

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