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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
1784Jul, 1

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1710)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 1710 – 1 July 1784), the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer. Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and composer, his income and employment were unstable and he died in poverty.

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