Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach

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Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (May 11, 1715–May 27, 1739) was the fourth son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Born in Weimar, he was educated in Leipzig. He first served as organist in Mühlhausen in 1735 and later served in Sangerhausen. In 1738, he abandoned a career in music in order to study Law in Jena. He died prematurely at the age of twenty-four.