Thursday, February 22, 2024

February 22 - Johann Ambrosius Bach (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for February 22nd are here:  Marni Nixon (2020), Johann Ambrosius Bach; Johann Nikolaus Forkel (2021), Niels Gade; Nacio Herb Brown (2022), and Jan August Vitásek (2023)

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Johann Ambrosius Bach (22 February 1645 – 2 March 1695 [O.S. 20 February]) was a German musician, and father of Johann Sebastian Bach. 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small-Town Boy

Though J. A. Bach

Of Eisenach

Could humbly boast

About his post,


It was his son,

His youngest one,

Whose gifts would stun

And knock the socks

Off Eisenach’s

Musical cliques

With fugal licks.

 

 

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