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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Sonnenkalb (Organ, Schoolmaster, Kantor, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: April 15, 1732 (batised: April 22, 1732) - Triptis, about 45 km south-east of Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
Died: March 20, 1785 - Waldheim, Saxony, Germany |
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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Sonnenkalb was a German Kantor, organist and schoolmaster. He was born son of Johann Sonnenkalb (Rector in Triptis). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on December 16, 1746; studied there from 1746 to 1754; and was on friendly terms with J.S. Bach and his family. On June 25, 1754 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig, but in the same year he was appointed organist and Tertius (schoolmaster) at Herzberg (Elster), near Torgau. He was then Kantor and music director at the nearby Dahme (Mark) from 1759 to 1761. In 1761, he received accommodation in the Armenhaus (poor house) in Waldheim, where he died.
In a treatise published by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg in 1759, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Sonnenkalb reported that he "fast sechs Jahre auf dieser berühmten [Thomas-]Schule unter seiner [Bachs] Direction gestanden" (had been under his [Bachs] direction at this famous [Thomas] school for almost six years). He also attended concerts by the Bach family and enjoyed the acquaintance of J.S. Bach's sons. It is not certain whether this was accompanied by lessons with J.S. Bach.
References: Richter: 278; Koska: B-41 |
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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: Sonnenkalb 1756; Richter 1907, Nr. 278; Dok III, Nr. 699 und 703; Pallas 2004, S. 341
Sources 4: F. W. Marpurg, Historisch-Kritische Beyträge zur Aufnahme der Musik, Bd. IV, Berlin 1759, S. 235–237 (= Dok III, Nr. 703); Gerber ATL, Bd. II, Sp. 530; Löffler 1929/31, Anh. Nr. 24; Löffler 1953, Anh. Nr. 5 |
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