Johann Friedrich Drobisch (Composer, Kantor, Bach's Pupil)

Born: October 1, 1723 - Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Died: April 10, 1762 - Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Johann Friedrich Drobisch was a German composer. He attended the school in Zwickau and was a pupil of Johann Ludwig Krebs (A-20). He studied at at Universität Leipzig (enrollment on May 21, 1743) and was a pupil of J.S. Bach. From 1747/1748 he worked as Kantor substitute in Schneeberg; from 1753 until his death in 1762 as Kantor at the Annenkirche in Dresden. His compositions probably did not belong to the usual repertoire.

Johann Friedrich Drobisch mentioned the lessons with J.S. Bach in his application to Dresden written in Latin in 1752. He was probably recommended to J.S. Bach by his teacher Johann Ludwig Krebs.

References: Koska: A-51; GND: 130585378; Bach Digital: 00005852

Works

Nimm mein alles was ich habe; V (4), for orchestra & basso continuo (1748)
Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden; V (4), for orchestra & organ (1750)
Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg; V (4), for orchestra (1750)
Was willst du dich o meine Seele kränken; V (4), for orchestra & organ (1750)
Der Herr der aller Enden regiert; V (4), for orchestra & organ (1750)
Der Undank für das Gute; V (4), for strings & organ (1750)
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten; V (4), for strings & organ (1752)
Messen, for bass, orchestra & organ (1754)

Handwriting sample of Johann Friedrich Drobisch 1750 (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) [HW-01]

Handwriting sample of Johann Friedrich Drobisch 1750 (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) [HW-02]

Sources:
1. Bits & pieces from various sources
2. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (February 2020)

Links to other Sites

Drobisch, Johannes Friedrich (Bach digital)

Bibliography

SourceS: Dok V, Nr. C 650aa; R. Vollhardt, Geschichte der Cantoren und Organisten von den Städten im Königreich Sachsen, Berlin 1899, Reprint Leipzig 1978, S. 81, 301, 413; BJ 2018, S. 34 (H.-J. Schulze)

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