Johann Ambrosius Bach
(1645–1695)
BIRTH
February 22, 1645
PLACE
Erfurt, Thuringia
DEATH
February 20, 1695
PLACE
Eisenach, Thuringia
FAMILY
FATHER
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
WIFE
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt
(1644–1694)
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CHRISTIAN
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Johann Ambrosius Bach was Johann Sebastian Bach’s father and a professional musician in Eisenach. He was widowed in 1694 and died the following year.
EARLY LIFE
He worked as a town and court musician in Eisenach, within a large extended family of musicians.
CAREER
DEATH
Johann Ambrosius died at Eisenach on February 20, 1695, less than a year after his wife Elisabeth. Their son Johann Sebastian, now an orphan, moved to Ohrdruf to live with his older brother Johann Christoph. The cited Bach Archive chronology does not establish a cause of death.
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