Who was Wilhelm Friedemann Bach?
Q: Who was Wilhelm Friedemann Bach?
A: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was a famous German composer and organist. He was born in Weimar and was the son of Johann Sebastian Bach, who taught him to play the harpsichord and organ.
Q: What did Johann Sebastian write for his son?
A: Johann Sebastian wrote some pieces and put them in a book called Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. The book contained two allemandes and four preludes written by Wilhelm Friedemann.
Q: What instruments did he learn to play?
A: In addition to the harpsichord and organ, Wilhelm Friedemann also learned to play the violin.
Q: Where did he work as an organist?
A: In 1733, Wilhelm Friedemann was appointed as the organist at the Dresden Sophienkirche (St. Sophia's Church). Later on, he became organist of the Liebfrauenkirche at Halle in 1746.
Q: What type of music did he compose?
A: While living in Dresden, Wilhelm Friedemann composed various types of music including harpsichord concertos, sinfonias, trio sonatas, harpsichord sonatas, cantatas, and other smaller works for keyboard which he published in 1745.
Q: How did his father's death affect him?
A: After his father's death in 1750, Wilhelm Friedemann inherited a lot of his father's music which he tried to pass off as his own compositions. This caused him trouble with the church when he went to Leipzig to sort out his father's estate.
Q: Why did he leave his job at Halle?
A: After arguing with many people over several years due to passing off his father's music as his own compositions ,Wilhelm Freidemann left the job at Halle in 1764 remaining unemployed until his death due to poverty .
