Thomaskantors

No.

Name

Years

Thomaskantor

Recordings

-21

Johann Urban [Johannes Steffani De Orba]

?

1435-1466

-

+

-20

Thomas Ranstete

?

1443-1444

-

+

-19

Martin Klotzsch

?

c1470

-

+

-18

Ludwig Götze

c1450-1506

1470–1506 ?

-

+

-17

Johannnes Scharnagel

c1480-1513

c1505-1513

-

+

-16

Georg Rhau [Rauw]

1488-1548

1518/9-1520

-

*

-15

Johannes Galliculus

c1490-c1550

1520-1525

-

*

-14

Valerian Hüffeler

1526-1530

-

-13

Johannes Hermann

1515-1593

1531-1536

-

+

-12

Wolfgang Jünger

c1517-1564

1536-1539

-

+

-11

Johannes Bruckner

?

1539-1540

-

+

-10

Ulrich Lange

? - 1549

1540-1549

-

+

-9

Wolfgang Figulus

1520-1591

1549-1551

-

*

-8

Melchior Heger

?

1553-1564

-

+

Simon Wiedemar

?

?

-

+

-7

Valentin Otto

1529-1564

1564-1594

-

*

-6

Sethus Calvisius

1556-1615

1594-1615

-

*

-5

Johann Hermann Schein

1586-1630

1615-1630

-

*

-4

Tobias Michael

1592-1657

1631-1657

-

*

-3

Sebastian Knüpfer

1633-1676

1657-1676

-

*

-2

Johann Schelle

1648-1701

1677-1701

-

*

-1

Johann Kuhnau

1660-1722

1701-1722

-

*

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685-1750

1723-1750

1

Johann Gottlob Harrer

1703-1755

1750-1755

-

*

2

Johann Friedrich Doles

1715-1797

1756-1789

-

*

3

Johann Adam Hiller

1728-1804

1789-1801

-

*

4

August Eberhard Müller

1767-1817

1801-1810

-

*

5

Johann Gottfried Schicht

1753-1823

1810-1823

-

*

6

Christian Theodor Weinlig

1780-1842

1823-1842

-

*

7

Moritz Hauptmann

1792-1868

1842-1868

-

*

8

Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter

1808-1879

1868-1879

-

*

9

Wilhelm Rust

1822-1892

1880-1892

-

*

10

Gustav Ernst Schreck

1849-1918

1893-1918

-

-

11

Karl Straube

1873-1950

1918-1940

Recordings

12

Günther Ramin

1898-1956

1940-1956

Recordings

13

Kurt Thomas

1904-1973

1956-1960

Recordings

14

Erhard Mauersberger

1903-1982

1961-1972

Recordings

15

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

b. 1929

1972-1991

Recordings

16

Georg-Christoph Biller

b. 1955

1992-Today

Recordings

Candidates for the post of Thomaskantor, who were not accepted or declined

No.

Name

Years

Successor of Thomaskantor

-

Johann Rosenmüller

1615-1684

Tobias Michael

-

Georg Philipp Telemann

1681-1767

Johann Kuhnau

-

Johann Friedrich Fasch

1688-1758

Johann Kuhnau

-

Christoph Graupner

1683-1760

Johann Kuhnau

-

Georg Friedrich Kauffmann

1679-1735

Johann Kuhnau

-

Georg Balthasar Schott

1686-1736

Johann Kuhnau

-

Christian Friedrich Rolle

? - 1751

Johann Kuhnau

-

Johann Martin Steindorff

Johann Kuhnau

-

Andreas Christoph Duve

Johann Kuhnau

-

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

1714-1788

J.S. Bach

-

A.F. Graun

J.S. Bach

-

Johann Ludwig Krebs

1713-1780

J.S. Bach

-

J.G. Görner

J.S. Bach

-

J. Trier

J.S. Bach

School Rules and Regulations for the St. Thomas School of Leipzig, as Established and Decreed by the Most Honorable City Council of Leipzig Immanuel Tietzen, Printer, 1723:
1. Preface [PDF 8]
2. Original German text [PDF 8]
3. English Translation (by Thomas Braatz) [PDF 8]
4. Appendix [PDF 8]

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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - October 2007)
Thanks to contributors: Thomas Braatz (January 2006, June 2006, October 2007), Dr. Stefan Altner [Thomanerchor Leipzig] (January 2006)

Karl Straube: Short Biography | Recordings
Günther Ramin: Short Biography | Recordings: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | BWV 244 - Ramin | Article: Günther Ramin 1898-1956 - Thomaskantor 1940-1956
Kurt Thomas: Short Biography | Frankfurter Kantorei | Recordings: Part 1 | Part 2 | BWV 248 – Kurt Thomas
Erhard Mauersberger: Short Biography | Recordings | BWV 244 - Mauersberger
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch: Short Biography | Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum | Recordings: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | BWV 244 - Rotzsch
Georg Christoph Biller: Short Biography | Recordings | BWV 232 - Biller
Thomaskantors: Thomanerchor Leipzig | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig | General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2
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