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Thomanerchor Leipzig (Choir)
Members 1729 |
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Bach judges prospective students - Report from May 18, 1729 |
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The boys who wish to be admitted to fill present vacancies in the School of St Thomas as resident students are as follows: |
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1. Those who can be used in music |
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Sopranos: |
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(1) Christoph Friedrich Meißner (1716-unknown); age 13 years; Thomaner: 1729-1731
has a good voice and fine proficiency. |
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(2) Johann Tobias Krebs, Jr. (1716-1782); age 13 years; Thomaner: 1729-1740
has a good strong voice and fine proficiency. |
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(3) Samuel Kittler (1715-1781); age 13 years; Thomaner: 1729-1737
has a fairly strong voice and good proficiency. |
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(4) Johann Heinrich Hillmeyer (1714-1785); age 13 years; Thomaner: 1729-1733
has a strong voice and as well as good proficiency. |
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(5) Johann August Landvoigt (1715-1766); age 13 years; Thomaner: 1731-1737
has a passable voice; his proficiency is fair. |
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(6) Johann Andreas Köpping (1714-1797); age 14 years; Thomaner: 1733-1736
has a fairly strong voice; his proficiency is mediocre. |
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(7) Johann Gottlob Krause (1714-unknown); age 14 years; Thomaner: 1730-1737
whose voice is somewhat weak and proficiency indifferent. |
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(8) Johann Georg Leg (1715-unknown); age 14 years; Thomaner: [1729]
whose voice is somewhat weak and proficiency slight. |
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Altos: |
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(9) Johann Gottfried Neicke (1715-1797); age 14 years; Thomaner: 1729-1738
has a good strong voice and quite fine proficiency. |
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(10) Gottfried Christoph Hoffmann (1711-unknown); age 16 years; Thomaner: [1727, 1729]
has a passable alto voice, but his proficiency is still rather poor. |
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Those who have no musical accomlishments |
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(1) Johann Tobias Dietze (1713-1763); Thomaner: 1729-1735 |
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(2) Gottlob Michael Wintzer (1714-unknown); Thomaner: 1729-1736 |
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(3) Johann David Bauer (1716-unknown); Thomaner: 1730-1732 |
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(4) Johann Georgius Pfeil (1713 unknown); Thomaner: [1729] |
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(5) Gottlob Ernst Hausius (1713-unknown); Thomaner: [1729] |
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(6) Friedrich Wilhelm Ludewig (1713-1780); Thomaner: 1730-1736 |
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(7) Johann Gottlob Zeymer (1716-after 1748); Thomaner: 1729-1735 |
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(8) Johann Gottfried Berger (1713-unknown); Thomaner: 1729 -1735 |
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(9) Johann Gottfried Eschner (1712-unknown); Thomaner: [1729] |
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(10) Salomon Gottfried Greülich |
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(11) Michael Heinrich Kittler (c1716-unknown); Thomaner: [1729] |
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Figure 1: J.S. Bach, Division of the St Thomas Choir into four choirs (1729), Stadtarchiv Leipzig, Stift. VIII B. 2d, fol 520. |
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Figure 1729: Johann Sebastian Bach: Beurteilung von Alumnenbewerbern (1729) D-Lesa, Stift VIII.B.2d, fol. 547r |
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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 116-117
3. Bach-Dokumente, Band 1, Nr. 63
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020) |
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Short History of the Thomanerchor Leipzig |
