Johann Bernhard Bach

Johann Bernhard Bach the elder (1676–1749), a grandson of the Erfurt organist Johann Bach, succeeded his uncle Johann Christoph as town organist of Eisenach. At the same time he was employed by the Eisenach Court Kapelle, for which he wrote "many beautiful ouvertures in the style of Telemann". Four of these works were in J.S. Bach's music library: these elegant compositions bear witness to Johann Bernhard Bach's skill in writing in the French orchestral style.