Johann Christian Bach (1 marzo 1735 anni – 1 agos 1782 anni)

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was a German composer of the Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons.[1] After a spell in Italy, Bach moved to London in 1762, where he became known as "the London Bach."

The London Bach: Johann Christian
1. The music of Johann Christian Bach provides an opportunity to see how opera
impacted instrumental music. It lacked drastic emotional shifts.
2. A student of C. P. E., J. C.’s career more closely resembled that of Handel than J. S.
a. He traveled to Italy to study.
b. He then went to London.
3. J. C. composed domestic music for the London market and formed London’s most
successful concert series with Carl Friedrich Abel.
4. He maintained ties with major opera stars and was commissioned to write operas for
various European theaters.
5. His keyboard sonata in D (1766) reflects the brilliance associated with orchestral
instruments in that key, as well as galant style.

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