Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt

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Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (February 24, 1644, Erfurt – May 1, 1694) was the mother of eight children, and the wife of Johann Ambrosius Bach. Her most famous son was Johann Sebastian Bach. Maria Elisabeth was a daughter of Valentin Lammerhirt, a furrier and town councilor in Erfurt. Her sister Martha Dorothea became the mother of composer and lexicographer Johann Gottfried Walther.[1]

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  1. ^ Emery, Walther, and Wolff, Christoph. "Bach. III. 7. Johann Sebastian Bach. 1. Childhood", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 12 December 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).



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