Bach's Roots. Early Influences on the Young Master
9/6/2024, 20 Tracks, 1:04:21
Featuring
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Voces Suaves
Johann Samuel Drese
Adam Drese
Johann Pachelbel
Johann Christoph Bach
Johann Schelle
Georg Christoph Strattner
Johann Michael Bach
Johann Georg Ahle
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Composer Biography
Johann Pachelbel, a renowned organ teacher, taught Johann Christoph Bach (b. 1671), Johann Sebastian Bach's older brother, who then passed on Pachelbel's organ mastery to the young Johann Sebastian.
Performer Biography
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Akamus), founded in 1982, is a leading chamber ensemble specializing in historically informed music, and has won numerous awards including the Bach Medal in 2014.
Composer's Artistic Vision
This album explores the musical tradition of central Germany, into which Johann Sebastian Bach was born, by featuring works from his predecessors and contemporaries.
Composition History
The Altbachisches Archiv is a collection of 17th-century manuscripts by older members of the Bach family, once owned by Johann Sebastian Bach, who performed pieces from it even though they were considered outdated.
Composer Biography
Johann Christoph Bach, known as the 'profound composer' in the Bach family, was entrusted by his cousin Johann Ambrosius Bach to give organ lessons to his son, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Composer Biography
Johann Michael Bach, brother of Johann Christoph Bach, was Johann Sebastian Bach's father-in-law; his youngest daughter, Maria Barbara, became Bach's first wife in 1707.
Performer Biography
Cosimo Stawiarski, a musicologist and Baroque violinist, founded Edition Musica Poetica in 2003 to publish unknown 17th and 18th-century sacred vocal music from central and northern Germany.
