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Maria Barbara Bach
First wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Maria Barbara Bach (30 October [O.S. 20 October] 1684 – buried 7 July 1720) was a German singer and the first wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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She was also the daughter of his father's cousin Johann Michael Bach.[1]
Life
See also: Bach family
Maria Barbara Bach was born at Gehren, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, to Catherina (d.
1704) and Michael Bach (1648–1694). Her father was organist and town scribe at Gehren.[2] Her older sister, Barbara Catherina, gave testimony on Bach's behalf in the famous 'Geyersbach' incident in which Bach was punched in the face by a student and defended himself by drawing his sword.[3] Her godparents were Martin Feldhaus, a merchant and burgomaster in Arnstadt, and Magarethe Wedermann (daughter of the Arnstadt town scribe Johann Wedemann),[4] with whom she lived after her mother's death in 1704.
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