Maria Barbara Bach

January 10, 2024
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Maria Barbara Bach
Full Name Maria Barbara Bach
Occupation Family Member
Date Of Birth Oct 20, 1684(1684-10-20)
Age 340
Date Of Death 1978-02-26
Birthplace Gehren
Country Germany
Horoscope Libra

Maria Barbara Bach Biography

Name Maria Barbara Bach
Birthday Oct 20
Birth Year 1684
Place Of Birth Gehren
Birth Country Germany
Birth Sign Libra
Parents Johann Michael Bach, Catharina Wedemann
Spouse Johann Sebastian Bach (m. 1707–1720)
Children(s) Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach

Maria Barbara Bach is one of the most popular and richest Family Member who was born on October 20, 1684 in Gehren, Germany. Widow of the famed composer Wife of famed composer Johann Sebastian Bach. She was also his second cousin.. She was also his second cousin.

In 1707, she married She married Johann Sebastian Bach in 1707..

She had seven children, three of whom died young, with Bach.

Maria Barbara Bach Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Family Member
House Living in own house.

Maria Barbara Bach is one of the richest Family Member from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maria Barbara Bach 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She grew up in Gehren, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and went on to marry Bach while he was an organist at Muhlhausen’s St. Blasius Church.

In 1720, she died suddenly and unexpectedly. Although her cause of death is not known, it is believed that she died from complications during pregnancy.

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Who is Maria Barbara Bach Dating?

According to our records, Maria Barbara Bach married to Johann Sebastian Bach (m. 1707–1720). As of December 1, 2023, Maria Barbara Bach’s is not dating anyone.

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Maria Ranked on the list of most popular Family Member. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Maria Barbara Bach celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.

What happened to J. S. Bach's first wife?

His marriages Bach was married twice – first to Maria Barbara from 1707 to 1720 and then to Anna Magdalena from 1721 to 1750. His first wife died tragically after just thirteen years of marriage while Bach was travelling.

Was Bach married to his cousin?

On October 17, 1707, Johann Sebastian Bach married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach at Dornheim. After Maria died Bach married Anna Magdalena Wilcken, the daughter of a trumpeter at Weissenfels, on December 3, 1721.

How did Bach meet his wife?

Born in Gehren, Germany, she was orphaned at an early age and went to live with relatives in Arnstadt. J.S. Bach met Maria Barbara in Arnstadt after his appointment as church organist in 1703 and for a time they lived in the same house.

What did Bach write when his wife died?

It is thought that Bach wrote the Chaconne as a response to the death of his first wife, a sombre expression of the grief he experienced.

How many of Bach's kids died?

Of the seven children that Johann Sebastian Bach had with his first wife Maria Barbara Bach, his second cousin, only three survived him. Two of these had musical careers of their own: Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

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