Genealogy of the Bach Family

Members of the Bach Family whose works have been published by Carus-Verlag are printed in bold letters.

Veit Bach reportedly 1555–1619 Müller in Wechmar

Johannes (Hans) ca. 1580–1626 Lips (Philippus) ca. 1522–1620 Musician and carpet weaver

Johannes 1604–1673 Christoph 1613–1661 Heinrich 1615–1692 Organist in Erfurt Town and court musician in Erfurt and Arnstadt Organist in Arnstadt

”Erfurt line” “Franconian line” “Arnstad line” “Meininger line“

Johann Johann Johann Georg Johann Johann Elisabeth Johann Johann Jacob Christian Egydius Nicolaus Christoph Christoph Ambrosius Lämmerhirt Michael Christoph 1655–1718 1640–1682 1645–1716 1653–1682 1642–1697 1645–1693 1645–1695 1644–1694 1648–1694 1642–1703 Kantor in Rula Town Council Organist, (Gambist) Kantor in Town musician Town musician Organist and Organist in Music Director Town Council Town council Schweinfurt in Arnstadt in Eisenach town clerk in Arnstadt and in Erfurt Music Director musician in Gehren Eisenach in Erfurt Erfurt 1668

Johann Johann Johann Johann Johann Johann Johann Anna Johann Maria Johann Johann Johann Nicolaus Bernhard d. Ä. Christoph Valentin Ernst Christoph Christoph Jacob Magdalena Sebastian Barbara Nicolaus Friedrich Ludwig Ephraim 1676–1749 1685–1740 1669–1720 1683–1749 1689–1740 1671–1721 1682–1722 Wilcken 1685–1750 1684–1720 1669–1753 1682–1730 1677–1731 1690–1760 Organist and Town Music Town musi- Organist in Organist and Organist in Court musician 1701–1760 Organist and Organist in Court Music Court musician court musician Director in cian and Arnstadt teacher in Ohrdruf in Stockholm Singer instrument Mühlhausen Director and in Meiningen, in Eisenach Eisenach head tower Keula and maker in Jena Palace organist organist in watchman in Blankenhain in Meiningen Gandersheim Schweinfurt 1721 1707

Johann Johann Johann Johann Johann Johann Wilhelm Carl Philipp Samuel Gottlieb Ernst Lorenz Elias Bernhard d. J. Christoph Christian Friedemann Emanuel Anton Friedrich 1722–1777 1695–1773 1705–1755 1700–1743 Friedrich 1735–1782 1710–1784 1714–1788 1713–1781 1714–1785 Organist in Organist and J. S. Bach’s Organist in 1732–1795 “Mailänder” “Hallescher “Berliner” Court organist Court organist Eisenach, Kantor in private secre- Ohrdruf “Bückeburger or “Londoner Bach” oder in Meiningen and cabinet Court Music Lahm/ tary, Kantor in Bach“ Bach” “Hamburger painter in Director in Itzgrund Schweinfurt Bach” Meiningen Weimar Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst 1759–1845 Music Director in Berlin