Gottfried Heinrich Bach (born: 26 February 1724 – funeral: 12 February 1763) was a child of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

and the firstborn son of his second wife,

Anna Magdalena Bach Anna Magdalena Bach (''née'' Wilcke; 22 September 1701 – 27 February 1760) was a German professional singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach. Biography Anna Magdalena Wilcke was born at Zeitz, in the Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz. Wh ...

. He was born in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

, where his parents had moved the year before his birth. Gottfried Heinrich became "feeble-minded" (careless, shallow) at an early age, but in his childhood he played the keyboard well and C. P. E. Bach said he showed "a great genius, which however failed to develop". After his father's death in 1750, Gottfried Heinrich continued to live with his mother. He received financial support from the town. His mother died in 1760. It is not known why Gottfried Heinrich was buried in Naumburg in 1763. At the time his sister Elisabeth Juliana Friderica Altnikol had not lived there for some years. She had moved from Leipzig to Naumburg when she married Johann Christoph Altnikol in 1749, where her husband was employed as an organist. After his death in 1759 she returned to Leipzig with her two daughters.Eberhard Spree: ''Die Frau Capellmeisterin Anna Magdalena Bach. Ein Zeitbild.'' Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg 2021, p. 159.

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