Johann Christoph Baumgarten (Bach’s Pupil)

Born: August 1687 (baptised: August 30, 1687) - Wallis, near Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany
Died: May 27, 1722 - Eisenberg, Saxony, Germany

Johann Christoph Baumgarten wasa a German organist. He attended the lyceum in Ohrdruf from 1697 to 1703 (Bach was also there during part of that time) and studied music with Johann Christoph Bach [22]) and, possibly in 1708, with J.S. Bach at Weimar. In 1721 he was appointed organist at Schkalen, near Eisenberg, about 40 km (25 miles) east of Weimar, and in 1727 at Eisenberg itself.

Source: Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (January 2011)

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