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Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)

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Johann Christian Bach

German composer (1735–1782)

Johann Christian Bach was a German composer of the Classical era, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin. After his time in Berlin he made his way to…
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Viol

Bowed, fretted and stringed instrument

The viola da gamba, or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played da gamba. It is distinct from the later violin, or viola da braccio; and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow…
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