Background
Johannes was the eldest son of Johannes Hans Bach and the brother of Christoph Bach and Heinrich Bach.
Johannes was the eldest son of Johannes Hans Bach and the brother of Christoph Bach and Heinrich Bach.
He was the father of the so-called "Erfurt line" of Bach family musicians. All three were composers. He spent seven years studying under Johann Christoph Hoffmann, a stadtpfeifer in Suhl.
From 1634 he served as organist at Saint Johannis church in Schweinfurt, and was later organist at Suhl.
In 1635 he became town musician and director of the Raths-Musikanten in Erfurt, and was organist at the town"s Predigerkirche from 1636. Bach"s works included two motets, Unser Leben ist ein Schatten and Sei nun wieder zufrieden, and an aria, Weint nicht um meinen Tod.