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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach 1710 (Weimar) - 1784 (Berlin) Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was a German composer.
From the Wilhelm Friedemann Bach article in the Grove Music Dictionary : (b Weimar, Nov 22, 1710; d Berlin, July 1, 1784). Composer and organist, eldest son of (7) Johann Sebastian (24) and Maria Barbara Bach. Trained by his father and endowed with brilliant gifts, he expressed himself in the genres of his time in a sensitive and highly cultivated musical language. (Christoph Wolff and Peter Wollny)Download and explore compositions by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach on IMSLP
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