Bach, Johann Ambrosius
Bach, Johann Ambrosius
Bach, Johann Ambrosius, second son of Christoph, twin brother of Johann Christoph, and father of Johann Sebastian; b. Erfurt, Feb. 22, 1645; d. Eisenach, Feb. 20, 1695. As a boy, he went to Arnstadt, where he was trained as a Stadtpfeifer. In 1667 he became a member of the town band in Erfurt, and from 1671 he was court trumpeter and director of the town band in Eisenach. He was married twice: on April 8, 1668, to Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt (b. Erfurt, Feb. 24, 1644; d. Eisenach, May 3, 1694), the mother of Johann Sebastian, and on Nov. 27, 1694, to the widow of his cousin Johann Gunther Bach.
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