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Johann Gottlieb Grahl (Kantor, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: September 191 or 122, 1703 - Reichstädt, near Dippoldiswalde, Saxony, Germany
Died: June 2, 1762 - Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
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Johann Gottlieb Grahl was born the son of Michael Grahl (musician in Reichstädt). From 1718 he attended the Kreuzschule of Dresden. He studied at Universität Leipzig (enrolled on June 5, 1727). In 1729 he submitted his candidacy to Kantor in the Cathedral of Meißen, but did not got the position despite the fact that his name had been made twice by the owner Johann Adam Richter to have him as a replacement (among other things, he had promised to marry Richter's daughter if he got the job). From 1738, he was employed as Regens Alumnorum (guiding students) at the Kreuzschule in Dresden; in December 1743 he became Kantor at the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden-Neustadt.
For a ultimately unsuccessful application for the Cathedral Kantor office in Meißen in 1729, Johann Gottlieb Grahl issued a certificate from J.S. Bach attesting good behavior and musical abilities. Lessons given are not explicitly mentioned. He could still have been J.S. Bach's pupil in 1727-1729 (even after 1729).
References: Koska: B-17 |
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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) |
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Sources 2: Dok III, N I Nr. 66a; BJ 1970, S. 32–35 (P. Krause) |
