Biography of johann christian bach

Johann Christian Bach (born Leipzig, 5 September ; died London, 1 January ) was a composer of the Classical period. He was the eleventh and youngest son of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

He is often called the "London Bach" or the "English Bach", because he spent many years living in London. He became internationally famous, both as a composer and as a performer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart liked his music, and learned a lot about how to write good concertos by looking at the concertos of J.

C. Bach.

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Life

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Childhood

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Johann Christian Bach’s parents were Johann Sebastian Bach and Anna Magdalena Bach. He was born in Leipzig, Germany. His father was one of the last composers of the Baroque period.

His father was already 50 when J. C. Bach was born, so it is not surprising that by the time Johann Christian had grown up the style of music had changed a lot since Johann Sebastian had been writing his works