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Karl Hartwig (Organ, Bach's Pupil)

Born: August 18, 1709 - Olbernhau, about 30 km south-east of Chemnitz in Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Died: August 5, 1750 - Zittau, Saxony, Germany

Karl [Carl] Hartwig was a German organist. In 1729 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of organist at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig. c1730 he stayed (studied) in Leipzig and was probably J.S. Bach's pupil as well as substitute of Johann Schneider (A-11) as organist at the Nikolaikirche. In 1733 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of organist at the Sophienkirche in Dresden, where Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was appointed. He was representative organist at the Kreuzkirche in Dresden c1733. He took private lessons from J.S. Bach in Leipzig betweeen 1732 and 1735. In 1735 he was appointed organist at the Johanniskirche in Zittau, where he was preferred to another of J.S. Bach's pupils, Johann Ludwig Krebs (substituted in 1746?). In 1741 he acted as agent at Zittau for J.S. Bach's newly published Clavier-Übbung III.

Karl Hartwig stated in connection with his unsuccessful application for organist service at Sophienkirche in Dresden in 1733 regarding his training that he had "vom CapellMeister Bach in Leipzig profitiret" (benefited from the CapellMeister Bach in Leipzig).

References: Koska: A-25

 

Source:
1. Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999)
2. fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente
3. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (June 2014, May 2020); Thomas Braatz (January 2011)

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Bibliography

Sources: Dok II, Nr. 330; Löffler 1929/31, Nr. 31; Löffler 1953, Nr. 46; BJ 2013, S. 153–158 (P. Wollny)

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Thomanerchor Leipzig: Short History | Members: 1729 | 1730 | 1731 | 1740-1741 | 1744-1745 | Modern Times
Bach’s Pupils Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2
Articles: Organizional Structure of the Thomasschule in Leipzig | The Rules Established for the Thomasschule by a Noble and Very Wise Leipzig City Council - Printed by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf Leipzig, 1733 | Homage Works for Thomas School Rectors


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