German composer and organist. He is unrelated to Johann Sebastian Bach. He studied with his father, Gottfried, as well as with Carl Friedrich Zelter and Ludwig Berger. In 1832, he succeeded Zelter as the director of the Royal Institute of Church Music in Berlin. He also taught at the Royal Academy of Arts. His compositions largely consist of sacred works and works for keyboard. He also wrote a pipe organ method and a hymnbook. He died 15 April 1869, Berlin.Sy Scholfield quotes from "»Ein Werk von unendlicher Schönheit«. Zur Überlieferung und Interpretation Johann Sebastian Bachscher Werke im zweiten Drittel des 19. Jahrhunderts in Berlin, dargestellt am Wirken des Berliner Organisten August Wilhelm Bach (1796–1869)" by Andreas Sieling, in "The Organ Yearbook, Volume 29" (2000), pp. 105-26: "Der laut Eintragung im Taufbuch der Dreifaltigkeitskirche am „5. October Nachts um 12 Uhr" im Jahre 1796 in Berlin geborene August Wilhelm Bach." (p. 105).
Chart Analysis
Lagna for this natal chart is Cancer. The lagna lord Moon has a shadbala ratio of 1.13 and is placed in house 5.
Moon is in nakshatra of Anuradha (β,δ,π Scorpionis) in pada 2. Moon has a shadbala ratio of 1.13 and is placed in house 5
The strongest planet in this chart is Mars with a shadbala ratio of 1.76 and is placed in house 6.
The weakest planet in this chart is Jupiter with a shadbala ratio of 1.08 and is placed in house 8.
