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Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach
12+ albums
germanClassical19th centuryclassical periodbach family
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Friedrich_Ernst_Bach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (24 May 1759 – 25 December 1845) was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music director to Frederick William II of Prussia. He said, "Heredity can tend to run out of ideas." He should not be confused with Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, his uncle, also a composer. WFE received training in music from his father and from his uncle, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and from another uncle in England, Johann Christian Bach. He was in London when Johann Christian Bach died there on New Year's Day, 1782. WFE remained in England until 1784 before returning via Holland to Germany. He held a few positions, namely those of Kapellmeister of Minden in 1786, and from 1788 to 1811 as Kapellmeister in Berlin with the blessing of King Friedrich Wilhelm II[disambiguation needed]. WFE retired from his position after prince Heinrich, the brother of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III granted him a pension. WFE married twice. He had two daughters by his first wife, who died young, and a son by his second wife. When WFE's only son died in infancy, the event served to extinguish the long line of musical Bachs. At the unveiling of the Bach Monument in Leipzig on 23 April 1843, WFE met Robert Schumann. Schumann later described WFE as "a very agile old gentleman of 84 years with snow-white hai
top songs
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Vater unser
342Sinfonia C-Dur
313Westphalens Freude: I. Overture - Triumph! Triumph! Westphalia!
264Das Dreyblatt
225Trio in G Major for two flutes and viola: I. Larghetto cantabile
176Symphony No. 2 in G Major: I. Allegro
157Trio in G Major for two flutes and viola: II. Allegro
158Trio in G Major for two flutes and viola
149Westphalens Freude: II. Tönet sanft ihr Freudenlieder
1410Toccata in C major
13albums
Organ Works Of The Bach Family
W.F.E. Bach: Columbus, Cantatas & Sinfonias
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Bach Family - Chamber Music for Two Flutes
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Colombus - Cantatas et Sinfonias
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Columbus, Cantatas, Sinfonias
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Musical Humour with the Bach Family
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Piano Ensembles - Boutry, R. / Hirtler, F. / Vladigerov, P. / Wanek, F. / Bach, W.F.E. (Baynov Piano Ensemble) (6 Hands On 1 Piano, Vol. 1)
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Radio Swiss Classic
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Piano Ensembles - Boutry, R. / Hirtler, F. / Vladigerov, P. / Wanek, F. / Bach, W.F.E. (Baynov Piano Ensemble) (6 Hands On 1 Piano, Vol. 1)
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Columbus, Cantatas & Sinfonias (Max)
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Columbus / Cantatas / Sinfonias
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Kantaten und Sinfonien (feat. Leitung: Hermann Max, Chor: Rheinische Kantorei, Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert)