Johann Sebastian Bach’s father and uncle – Johann Ambrosius and Johann Christoph – resembled each other like two peas in a pod. Not surprisingly: they were twins. This peculiar repetition appeared elsewhere in the “great” Bach family as well: among his twenty children, there was also a set of twins, a boy and a girl. Sadly, while the father and uncle lived long lives, the little ones survived only a few weeks. Alongside everyday joys, these tragedies helped shape the depth and richness that still captivates us in Bach’s music today. It’s no wonder that whenever a good musician was needed in the towns of that era, people would often simply say: “Send a Bach!”
Elias Gottlob Haussmann: Portrait of the 61-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, oil on canvas (1748)
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