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Thomanerchor Leipzig (Choir)
Members 1730 |
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Memorandum submitted by Bach to the Council of the Town of Leipzig - August 23, 1730 |
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In conclusion I fin it necessary to append the enumeration of the present alumni, to indicate the skill of each in musicis, and thus to leave it to riper reflection whether in such circumstances the music can continue to be maintained, or whether its still greater decline is to be feared. It is, however, necessary to divide the whole group into three classes. |
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(1) Those who are usable are as follows: |
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Pezold (Prefect) = Johann David Pezoldt (1708-unknown) Thomaner: 1723-1731 |
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Lange, (Prefect) = Johann Gottlob Lange (1708-1765); Thomaner: 1723-1732 |
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Stoll (Prefect) = Paul Christian Stolle [Stoll] (1706-c1779); Thomaner: 1723-1733 |
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Frick = Johann Autor Frick (1710-unknown); Thomaner: 1724-1732 |
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Krause = Gottfried Theodor Krause (1713-1753); Thomaner: 1728-1736 |
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Kittler = Samuel Kittler (1715-1781); Thomaner: 1729-1737 |
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Pohlreüter = Adam Friedrich Pohlreuter (1709-unknown); Thomaner: 1723-1732 |
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Stein = Johann Augustin Stein (1712-1757); Thomaner: 1726-1731 |
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Burckhard = Samuel Burckhard (unknown-unknown); Thomaner: 1730 |
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Siegler = Philipp Christoph Siegler (1709-1755); Thomaner: 1726-1732 |
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Nitzer = Johann Gottfried Nützer (1709-1780); Thomaner: 1724-1731 |
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Reichhard = David Salomon Reichardt (1710-1766); Thomaner: 1726-1733 |
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Krebs major = Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780); Thomaner: 1726-1735 |
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Krebs minor = Johann Tobias Krebs, Jr. (1716-1782); Thomaner: 1729-1740 |
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Schönemann = Johann Gottfried Schönemann (1710-unknown); Thomaner: 1723-1732 |
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Heder = Samuel Gottlieb Heder (1713-after 1739); Thomaner: 1725-1734 |
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Dietel = Johann Ludwig Dietel (1713-1773); Thomaner: 1727-1735 |
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(2) The names of the motet singers, who must first have further training in order to be used eventually for figured music, are as follows: |
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Jänigke = Johann Michael Jenicke (c1711-unknown); Thomaner: 1727- |
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Ludewig major = Heinrich Wilhelm Ludewig (1711-unknown); Thomaner: 1724-1732 |
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Ludewig minor = Friedrich Wilhelm Ludewig (1713-1780); Thomaner: 1730-1736 |
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Meissner = Christoph Friedrich Meißner (1716-unknown); Thomaner: 1729-1731 |
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Neücke major = Gottlob Heinrich Neicke (1709-1764?); Thomaner: 1724-1733 |
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Neücke minor = Johann Gottfried Neicke (1715-1797); Thomaner: 1729-1738 |
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Hillmeyer = Johann Heinrich Hillmeyer (1714-1785); Thomaner: 1729-1733 |
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Steidel = Christian Friedrich Steidel (1715-after 1739); Thomaner: 1727-1733 |
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Hesse = Christian Gottfried Heße (1710-1751); Thomaner: 1726-1733 |
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Haupt = Johann Gottlob Haupt (1714-unknown); Thomaner: 1727-1735 |
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Suppius = Wilhelm Eusebius Suppius (1714-1738); Thomaner: 1727-1733 |
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Segnitz = Karl Friedrich Segnitz (1713-after 1740); Thomaner: 1726-1732 |
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Thieme = Johann Gottlieb Thieme (1711-unknown); Thomaner: 1727-1734 |
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Keller = Johann Christoph Keller (1714-unknown); Thomaner: 1726-1734 |
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Röder = Christian Sigismund Röder (1717-unknown); Thomaner: 1730-1736 |
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Ossan = Samuel Ernst Osannus (1714-unknown); Thomaner: 1730-1732 |
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Berger = Johann Gottfried Berger (1713-unknown); Thomaner: 1729 -1735 |
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Lösch = Samuel Gottlieb Lesche (1710-1754); Thomaner: 1725-1731 |
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Hauptmann = Johann Christian Hauptmann (c1711-1758); Thomaner: 1727-1733 |
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Sachse = Johann Gottfried Sachse (1711-unknown); Thomaner: 1726-1733 |
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(3) Those of the last group are not musici at all, and their names are: |
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Bauer = Johann David Bauer (1716-unknown); Thomaner: 1730-1732 |
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Gross = ??? |
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Eberhard = Carl Friedrich Eberhardt (1712-unknown); Thomaner: 1724-1732 |
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Braune = Johann Friedrich Braune (1714-unknown); Thomaner: 1727-1734 |
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Seyman = Johann Heinrich Seymann (1715-unknown); Thomaner: 1730-1736, |
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Tietze = ??? |
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Hebenstreit = Johann Samuel Hebenstreit (1713-unknown); Thomaner: 1726-1732 |
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Wintzer = Gottlob Michael Wintzer (1714-unknown); Thomaner: 1729-1736 |
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Össer = Johann Christoph Öser (1710-unknown); Thomaner: 1727-1735 |
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Leppert = Johann Christian Lepper (1714-unknown); Thomaner: 1728-1731 |
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Haussius = Gottlieb Jacob Hausius (1715-unknown); Thomaner: 1730-1736 |
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Feller = Joachim Christian Feller (1715-1733); Thomaner: 1729-1733 |
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Crell = Emanuel Crell (1709-unknown); Thomaner: 1724-1732 |
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Zeymer = Johann Gottlob Zeymer (1716-after 1748); Thomaner: 1729-1735 |
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Guffer = Johann Gottfried Guffer (1709-1742); Thomaner: 1724-1731 |
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Eichel = Gottlob Friedrich Eichel (1711-1773); Thomaner: 1726-1734 |
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Zwicker = Johann Christoph Zwicker (1715-unknown); Thomaner: 1728-1733 |
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Total: 17 usable, 20 not yet usable, and 17 unfit. |
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Figure 1730: Johann Sebastian Bach: Memorandum zur Neuorganisation der Kirchenmusik (1730), D-LEb, Rara I, 5 |
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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. Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel (editors): The Bach Reader, Revised Edition (London: J.M. Dent & Soind Ltd., 1966), pp 120-124
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020) |
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Short History of the Thomanerchor Leipzig |
