Born: April 9, 1613 - Wechmar, Thuringia, Germany
Died: September 12, 1661 - Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germany

Christoph Bach was son of Johann Bach [2]. He was a court musician in Weimar, then from 1642 a town musician in Erfurt and from 1654 court and town musician in Arnstadt. A musical entry by him in the album of Georg F. Reimann, Kantor in Saalfeld, survives.

Source: The New Grove Bach Family (Author: Christoph Wolff, MacMillan London, 1983)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (January 2008)

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Bjb, xxv, 1928, p.175