Can you name a classical composer who had a son who is also a classical Composer?

pianoman2020-10-24T01:10:00Z

Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Strauss, etc. The list goes on.

del_icious_manager2020-10-11T13:14:45Z

Johann Sebastian Bach had several sons who were composers:
- Carl Philipp Emanuel
- Johann Christian
- Johann Christof Friedrich
- Willhem Friedemann
Johann Sebastian himself was also the son of a composer - Johann Ambrosius Bach.

There is the Hellmesberger family of composers: Georg Snr and his two sons Josef and Georg Jnr. Two of Josef'as sons also became composers: Ferdinand and Josef Jnr.

Gustav Holst's daughter Imogen was a composer.

Elizabeth Maconchy's daughter is also a composer – Nicola LeFanu

Alfred Newman and his son Thomas Newman

Jumping a generation, Sergei Prokofiev's grandson is Gabriel Prokofiev

Alessandro Scarlatti was a composer and father of composers Domenico and Pietro.

The Stamitz family of composers was notable during the 18th century: father Johann and two of his sons, Anton and Carl.

Johann Strauss Snr had several composer sons:
- Johann Jnr (the most famous one)
- Eduard
- Josef

Russian composer Nikolai Tcherepnin's sons Alexander (the best known), Sergei and Ivan were all also composers, as was Alexander's son Sergei.

Richard Wagner's son Siegfried followed in his father's footsteps as a composer of lavish German-language operas.Samuel Wesley ('the English Mozart') was the father of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, most famous for his hymn tunes.

Anonymous2020-10-10T03:53:34Z

Jerry Goldsmith / Joel Goldsmith

Anonymous2020-10-09T19:15:58Z

Johann Strauss I & II

Anonymous2020-10-09T18:32:18Z

Richard & Siegfried Wagner
Alessandro & Domenico Scarlatti
Leopold & Wolfgang Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Johann Christian Bach

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