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Maximilan Nagel (Lute, Violin, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: November 1712 (baptised: November 22, 1712) - Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Bavaria, Germany
Died: April 13, 1748 - Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany |
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Maximilian Nagel was a German lutenist and violinist. He was born the son of Johann Nagel (Kantor at St. Laurentius/St. Lorenz in Nürnberg). From 1724 to 1727 he attended the school at St. Lorenz in Nuremberg; from 1727 to 1732 he attended the Gymnasium in Ansbach. He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 12, 1732; and studied there from 1732 to 1736, where he rose to be prefect of the first choir and was J.S. Bach's pupil. He marticulated at the University of Leipzig in 1735 (enrollment for the winter semester 1735), and took part in J.S. Bach's performances in church and with the Collegium Musicum. Two years later, in 1737, he studied at the University of Altdorf (enrolled on February 7, 1737). After his studies, he was appointed chamber musician (lutenist) at the court in Ansbach in 1743/1744, and died there four years later at the age of 35.
Maximilian Nagel was the first prefect of the Thomanerchor Leipzig and a violinist in J.S. Bach's Collegium Musicum. It is likely, however, that he also received private lessons from J.S. Bach, but cannot be substantiated otherwise.
References: Richter: 136; Koska: B-24; GND: 132639335 |
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Sources:
1. Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999)
2. fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente;
3. Bernd Koska: Dissertation "Bachs Thomaner als Kantoren in Mitteldeutschland" (Beeskow 2018), Anhang VII.1 Die Alumnen der Thomasschule 1710-1760, English translation by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)
4. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2014, April-May 2020); Thomas Braatz (January 2011) |
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Literature 3: Spitta 1880, S. 904; Richter 1907, Nr. 136 und S. 47; Braun 1955, S. 167-171; Dok I, Nr. 34; Dok II, Nr. 383 und 593; Dok III, Nr. 644 und 690; Schulze 2017, S. 41
Sources 4: Dok I, Nr. 34; Dok II, Nr. 383, 593; Dok III, Nr. 690; Löffler 1929/31, Anh. Nr. 4; Löffler 1953, Nr. 51; Spitta II, S. 904; BJ 1907, S. 47 (B. F. Richter); W. Braun, Die Brüder Nagel und das Collegium musicum J. S. Bachs, in: Festschrift Max Schneider, hrsg. von W. Vetter, Leipzig 1955, S. 167–171; J. C. Strodtmann, Beyträge zur Historie der Gelahrtheit, Bd. II, Hamburg 1749, S. 160f.; R. Wagner, Beziehungen Bachs zu Nürnberg, in: Fränkischer Kurier 1928, S. 7; G. Schmidt, Die Musik am Hofe der Markgrafen von Brandenburg-Ansbach vom ausgehenden Mittelalter bis 1806, Kassel 1956, S. 78; Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Bildende Künstler, Kunsthandwerker, Gelehrte, Sammler, Kulturschaffende und Mäzene vom 12. bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von M. H. Grieb, Bd. II, Berlin und Boston 2007, S. 1064 |
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