EMINENT FAMILIES. 



was the progenitor of the larger number of those who became 

 eminent as musicians. Hans died in 1626, and he either died 

 young or his sons were born late in his life as will appear from 

 the following diagram. 



Veit Bach, d. 1619. 

 Hans Bach, b. about 1563; d. 1626. 



Johann (1604) Christoph (1613) [50?] Heinrich (1615) 



JohannA. GeorgC. Johann A. Johann C. Johann M. 

 (1645) [4i] (1642) [29] (1645) [32] (1643) [28] (1660) [45] 



Johann B. 



(1676) 



Johann Sebastian 

 (1685) [40] 



Johann E. Wilhelm F. Karl P. E. Johann C. F. Johann C. 

 (1722) (1710) [25] (1714) [29] (1732) [47] (1735) [50] 



Of these, Johann Sebastian (1685) [40] was "in some respects 

 the greatest musician that has lived." His ancestry is medium, 

 tending toward the old, which would make it conform with what 

 I have shown as to the characters at different ages. His sons 

 Wilhelm and Karl represent the earliest reproduction of those who 

 are chronicled as being especially eminent. Their mother happens, 

 however, to have been a daughter of Johann M. (1660) [45], who 

 was Johann Sebastian's first wife. This appears to be an illustra- 

 tion of inheritance by sex, as Johann M. was, in many respects, a 

 remarkable musician. Johann C. F. (1732) [47] and Johann C. 



