Bach
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bach 
[bach] Pronunciation Key Informal.
[bach] Pronunciation Key Informal. –noun
—Idiom
| 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. |
[Origin: 1850–55, Americanism; by shortening]
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Bach
[bahkh] Pronunciation Key
[bahkh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Jo·hann Se·bas·ti·an
[yoh-hahn si-bas-chuhn; Ger. yoh-hahn zey-bahs-tee-ahn] Pronunciation Key, 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] Pronunciation Key, 1714–88; Johann Chris·ti·an
[kris-chuhn; Ger. kris-tee-ahn] Pronunciation Key, 1735–82; Johann Chris·toph Frie·drich
[kris-tof free-drik; Ger. kris-tawf free-drikh] Pronunciation Key, 1732–95; and Wil·helm Frie·de·mann
[wil-helm free-duh-mahn; Ger. vil-helm free-duh-mahn] Pronunciation Key, 1710–84, German organists and composers. |
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| bach also batch
(bāch) Pronunciation Key
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.] |
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| Bach
(bäKH, bäk) Pronunciation Key
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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| bach | |
noun | |
| 1. | German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) |
| 2. | the music of Bach; "he played Bach on the organ" |
verb | |
| 1. | lead a bachelor's existence [syn: bachelor] |
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