Bach (disambiguation)
Appearance
Bach is the surname of a number of people:
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer, organist) - the most well-known of the Bachs
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Composer, organist)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Composer, harpsichordist, pianist)
- Johann Bernhard Bach (Composer, harpsichordist, organist)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (Composer)
- Johann Christian Bach (Composer)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (Composer, violinist)
- Johann Aegidus Bach (Organist, conductor)
- Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (Organist)
Other Bachs
- P. D. Q. Bach (Fictitious composer, alter ego of Peter Schickele)
- Barbara Bach (actress) [1]
- Richard Bach (novelist)
- Vincent Bach, trumpet player and builder, founder of famous US trumpet-making company
- Sebastian Bach, former lead singer of Skid Row, currently performs on Broadway
- Edward Bach, Dr. Edward Bach Bach Centre discovered and developed The Bach Flower Remedies, which are directed at a particular negative characteristic or emotional state.
- Alexander von Bach, Austrian baron who administered the kingdom of Hungary following the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas
- Maurice Bach, Author of the well known book on Unix, The Design of the UNIX Operating System.
Other meanings
The BACH motif is a four-note sequence which features in a number of pieces of music, usually in homage to J.S.Bach.
In New Zealand, a bach (pronounced "batch") is a holiday home, generally a modest one.