Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar
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Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (German: Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar)[1] (25 December 1696 – 1 August 1715) was a German prince, son by his second marriage of Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Despite his early death he is remembered as a collector and commissioner of music and as a composer, some of whose concertos were arranged for harpsichord or organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, who was court organist in Weimar at the time.[2]
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Prince Johann Ernst | |
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Born | (1696-12-25)25 December 1696 Weimar |
Died | 1 August 1715(1715-08-01) (aged 18) Frankfurt |
House | House of Wettin |
Father | Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
Mother | Charlotte Dorothea Sophia of Hesse-Homburg |
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