[bach] 
Informal.| 1. | a bachelor. |
| 2. | New Zealand. a small weekend or vacation house or shack. |
| 3. | bach it, to live alone or share living quarters with someone of the same sex, usually doing one's own housework, cooking, laundry, etc. |
[bahkh] | 1. | Jo⋅hann Se⋅bas⋅ti⋅an [yoh-hahn si-bas-chuhn; Ger. yoh-hahn zey-bahs-tee-ahn] , 1685–1750, German organist and composer. |
| 2. | his sons: Carl Philipp E⋅ma⋅nu⋅el [kahrl fil-ip i-man-yoo-uhl; Ger. kahrl fee-lip ey-mah-noo-el] , 1714–88; Johann Chris⋅ti⋅an [kris-chuhn; Ger. kris-tee-ahn] , 1735–82; Johann Chris⋅toph Frie⋅drich [kris-tof free-drik; Ger. kris-tawf free-drikh] , 1732–95; and Wil⋅helm Frie⋅de⋅mann [wil-helm free-duh-mahn; Ger. vil-helm free-duh-mahn] , 1710–84, German organists and composers. |
| bach also batch (bāch) n. A bachelor. intr.v. bached also batched, bach·ing also batch·ing, bach·es also batch·es To live alone and keep house as a bachelor. [Short for bachelor.] |
| Bach (bäKH, bäk) German composer and organist of the late baroque period. Among the greatest composers in history, he wrote more than 200 cantatas, the Saint Matthew Passion (1729), the Mass in B minor (1733-1738), orchestral works such as the six Brandenburg Concertos, and numerous works for organ, harpsichord, other solo instruments, and chamber ensembles. Four of his children became noted musicians: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784); Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), an important figure in the development of the symphony; Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795); and Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782). |
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