Part 1 : The rise of the Bach family and the first great achievements ( -1700)
Introduction : ordeal in Germany
A miller, a jester, a piper (Veit, Hans, Caspar Bach)
The founder of the Erfurt dynasty (Johann Bach)
Two Bachs at Arnstadt (Christoph and Heinrich Bach)
Heinrich's two great sons (Johann Christoph (13) and Johann Michael Bach)
The triple team of Bach brothers (Georg Christoph, Johann Christoph (12), Johann Ambrosius Bach)
Part 2 : Expansion and culmination (1700-1750)
Introduction : particularism and universalism in Germany
The Jena and Mühlhausen Bach (Johann Nicolaus and Johann Friederich Bach)
The descendants of Johann Bach (Johann Christoph (17) and Johann Bernhard Bach)
The Meiningen Bachs (Johann Ludwig and Nikolaus Ephraim Bach)
Part 3 : The last great achievements and the decline of the Bach family (1750- )
Introduction : Rococo and classicism
The Halle Bach (WIlhelm Friedeman Bach)
The Berlin and Hamburg Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
The Bückeburg Bach (Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach)
The Milan and London Bach (Johann Christian Bach)
Two painters at Meiningen (Gottlieb Friedrich and Johann Philipp Bach)
Bachs at Eisenach (Johann Ernst and Johann Georg Bach)
Sebastian's children and the Bach family
Two grandsons of Sebastian (Johann Sebastian II and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach)
Genealogical table of the Bach musicians.
