Veit Bach

{{short description|Founder of musical Bach family}}

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| birth_name = Vitus Bach

| birth_date = c. 1550 or 1555

| birth_place = Pozsony (?) Kingdom of Hungary

| death_date = 8 March 1619

| death_place = Wechmar

| children = Johannes Bach I

| relatives = {{ubl|Johann Ambrosius Bach (grandson)|Johann Sebastian Bach (great-great-grandson)}}

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Vitus "Veit" Bach (around 1550 Pozsony ? Kingdom of Hungary – 8 March 1619, Wechmar)[http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/40023pg1#S40023.1 "Bach, §I: List of the musicians"] by Christoph Wolff, Grove Music Online {{subscription required}} Quote: "Veit Bach (1) (b Pozsony, Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, [since1920 Bratislava], c1555; d Wechmar, nr Gotha, 8 March 1619). [...] his son Hans (2) [...] Hans [Johann(es)] Bach (2) (b c1580; d Wechmar, 26 Dec 1626). Son of Veit (1). [...] Christoph Bach (5) (b Wechmar, 19 April 1613; d Arnstadt, 12 Sept 1661). Son of Johann (2) [...] Johann Ambrosius Bach (11) (b Erfurt, 22 Feb 1645; d Eisenach, 20 Feb 1695). Son of Christoph (5) ... and father of Johann Sebastian." was a German baker and miller who, according to Johann Sebastian Bach, founded the Bach family, which became one of the most important families in musical history.