Johann Nicolaus Bach (or Johann Nikolaus Bach) ( – 4 November 1753) was a German composer of the

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period. Johann Nicolaus was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach and the

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. He was educated at the

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, where he later became organist. He was probably born at

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, where his father was employed as a musician, attended the

Latin school until 1689, and was a student of the Jena city organist J.M. Knüpfer, a son of Sebastian Knüpfer; after an Italian sojourn in 1696, he became organist at the Stadtkirche and the Kollegiatkirche in Jena. He was influenced by

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. He later joined the Danish army. He then returned to Jena where he lived for the rest of his life. Few of his compositions survive. He was also a maker of harpsichords and organs. Surviving pieces include a mass, two chorale preludes on "" and a

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''Der jenaische Wein- und Bierrufer'', this in the form of a

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on Jena student traditions.

References

* Wilibald Gurlitt: Bach, Johann Nikolaus. In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.'' Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, . *Bach, Johann Nikolaus. In: ''Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB).'' Vol. 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, .

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* 1669 births 1753 deaths German Baroque composers German male classical composers Johann Nicolaus 18th-century German classical composers 18th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub