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Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach

1715 to 1739 5 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach across 5 places, from 1717 to 1738. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (11 May 1715 – 27 May 1739) was a German musician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach was documented, and when

1717year
Weimarattested “He was born in Weimar, where his father was employed until 1717, when the family moved to Köthen.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
1737year
Mühlhausenattested “Johann Gottfried also only spent a short time in Mühlhausen, moving in 1737 to find a new engagement as organist at the Jakobikirche in Sangerhausen.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
1737year
Sangerhausenattested “Johann Gottfried also only spent a short time in Mühlhausen, moving in 1737 to find a new engagement as organist at the Jakobikirche in Sangerhausen.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
1737year
Jakobikircheattested “Johann Gottfried also only spent a short time in Mühlhausen, moving in 1737 to find a new engagement as organist at the Jakobikirche in Sangerhausen.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
1738year
Jenaattested “By 1738, Johann Gottfried was burdened with debt and abandoned his musical career to study law in Jena.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach

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Places Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach is documented in

Jena1 presence · 1738Weimar1 presence · 1717
Jakobikirche1 presence · 1737
Mühlhausen1 presence · 1737
Sangerhausen1 presence · 1737

Other places tied to Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach in the record

In each of these, a source puts Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1717year
Köthenmentioned “He was born in Weimar, where his father was employed until 1717, when the family moved to Köthen.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
1720year
Köthenmentioned “His mother died in Köthen in 1720 and his father remarried the next year.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
1735year
St. Mary's Church, Mühlhausenmentioned “He first served as organist at the Marienkirche, the largest church in Mühlhausen in 1735.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
1735year
Mühlhausenmentioned “He first served as organist at the Marienkirche, the largest church in Mühlhausen in 1735.” source: Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach

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