Bach, Johann Nicolaus

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Bach, Johann Nicolaus

Bach, Johann Nicolaus, eldest son of Johann Christoph ; b. Eisenach, Oct. 10, 1669; d. Jena, Nov. 4, 1753. He was educated at the Univ. of Jena. In 1694 he became organist at Jena, and in 1719 was also at the Univ. He was an expert on organ building and also made keyboard instruments. He wrote a fine Missa (Kyrie and Gloria; ed. by A. Fareanu and V. Junk, Leipzig, 1920), a comic cantata, Der Jenaische Wein- und Bierrufer, a scene from life at Jena Univ. (ed. by F. Stein, Leipzig, 1921), suites for keyboard, which are not preserved, and organ chorales, of which only one is known.

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