Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach

Bach attended the Thomasschule, where his father was responsible for the musical education which formed an important part of the curriculum.

In contrast to his elder brothers Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel he did not get the opportunity to study at Leipzig University after finishing school.

Johann Sebastian Bach had been employed at Divi Blasii, Mühlhausen's other main church.

Johann Sebastian was there in 1707–1708, and despite the briefness of his stay he was well regarded by the town council,[3] carrying out commissions for them after moving to Weimar.

Johann Gottfried also only spent a short time in the Mühlhausen, moving in 1737 to find a new engagement as organist at the Jakobikirche in Sangerhausen.