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Johann Salomon Riemer (Copyist, Horn, Viola, Porter, Bach's Pupil)

Born: December 10, 1702 - Otterwisch, near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: December 9, 1771 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Johann Salomon Riemer was born the son of a teacher in Otterwisch. He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 8, 1716; studied there from 1716 to 1723; and at Universität Leipzig from 1724. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. After his studies, he worked as concert copyist, hornist and violist in the Großen Concert in Leipzig (1740-1750's); university porter.

References: Richter: 11

 

Sources:
1. 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)
2. Andreas Glöckner, Sabine Thomas and Melvin Unger: Alumni and Externals in the Choirs of the Thomas School during Bach's Time in Bach, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2009), pp. 11-14 (Riemenschneider Bach Institute)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (April 2020)

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Riemer, Johann Salomon (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Literature: Wustmann 1889, S. 205f.; Richter 1907, Nr. 11; Dok II, Nr. 123, 142, 230, 352, 425, 584, 606 und 624

Bach's Pupils: List of Bach's Pupils | Actual and Potential Non-Thomaner Singers and Players who participated in Bach’s Figural Music in Leipzig | Alumni of the Thomasschule in Leipzig during Bach's Tenure | List of Bach's Private Pupils | List of Bach's Copyists
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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