Sarah Levy, a student of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, a friend of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach family, collectors Bachiana and great aunt of Felix Mendelssohn is about how the son Bach Bach has kept the name alive in the world of music the death of their father.

I knew the Bach family for years and years. I studied harpsichord with the eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann. In fact, Wilhelm I often said I was his favorite pupil. Wilhelm Friedemann was a brilliant organist and improviser, but never lived a happy life and, unfortunately, died in poverty in the years in Berlin.

second son of Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, however, was a great success, both in Berlin and Hamburg, where a similar post in Saint-position of his father Thomas. Family of Carl Phillip and I were friends wonderful years. CPE is best known for his Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments.

The youngest son of Johann Sebastian, Johann Christian, who was only 15 when his father died, so that for some time, his brother, Carl Philip of Berlin, but went to Germany. Johann Christian Bach was the first to do something! He studied and worked at some time in Italy and learned to compose a completely different style from any other Bachs. In fact, she composed mainly of opera in Italian style. Eventually, it ended in London, where he was court composer of the Queen.