Background
He was a son of Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755), and therefore a nephew of J. S. Bach.
composer music theorist musicologist
He was a son of Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755), and therefore a nephew of J. S. Bach.
His main theoretical work was his Kurze und systematische Anleitung zum General-Bass und der Tonkunst uberhaupt published at Kassel in 1780.