Johann Elias Bach (No. 42) studied theology, and became cantor and school-inspector at Schweinfurt, his native town.
Of Johann Heinrich Bach (No. 43) nothing is known.
Tobias Friedrich Bach (No. 44) was cantor of Udestadt, near Erfurt.
Johann Bernhard Bach (No. 45), according to Adlung, was a capable composer and organist.
Johann Christoph Bach (No. 46) filled the double rôle of cantor and schoolmaster at Ohrdruf.
Johann Heinrich Bach (No. 47) was cantor at Oehringen, in Würtemburg, and musician to Count Höhenlohe; while Johann Andreas Bach (No. 48) was oboist at Gotha, and afterwards organist at Ohrdruf.
Sons of J. S. Bach
We now come to the sons of Johann Sebastian. An account of their services to art will be found in C. H. Bitter’s “Die Söhne Sebastian Bachs,” published by Breitkopf and Härtel, 1883. We must be here content with a bare outline of their biographies.
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (No. 49), born at Weimar, was a pupil of his father and of Graun, concert-meister of Merseburg. He went to the University of Leipsic, where he distinguished himself in law and mathematics. In 1732 he became organist of St Sophia at Dresden, but giving this up, he accompanied his father on his various journeys. In 1747 he became music-director of a church in Halle, and is sometimes called the “Halle Bach.” Quitting this post he lived without employment at various places, and died at Berlin in 1784 in great poverty and misery, having been given to drink.
W. F. Bach as an organist