Thomanerchor Leipzig (Choir)
Members 1740-1741⁰

The list is not complete.¹

Chous III.

Fleckeisen Præf = Christian Gottlob Fleckeisen (1722-unknown); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1736-1745

or = Gottfried Benjamin Fleckeisen (1719-1789); age 21-22 years; Thomaner: 1732-1744

Kern = Johann Friedemann Kern (1723-unknown); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1736-1745

Albrecht Ten = Gottlieb Christian Albrecht (1720-1787); age 19-20 years; Thomaner: 1735-1746:

Wennig = Christian name(s) and date of birth not determined (not chronicled by Richter)

Bassists:

König Adj. = Friedlieb König (1718-unknown); age 22-23 years; Thomaner: 1733-1741

Aster = Gottfried Samuel Aster (1722-1797); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1735-1741

Bammler = Johann Nathanael Bammler (1722-1784); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1737-1747

Altos: ³

Disc.[ant]:

Machaeon = Friedrich Gotthelf Machaon (1724 unknown); age 15-16 years; Thomaner: 1740-1746

Gerstenberg = Gabriel Gottlob Gerstenberger (1725-unknown); age 14-15 years; Thomaner: 1739-1747

Written above these entries are older ones in black ink:

Johann Salomon Rieme[r]² = Johann Salomon Riemer (1702-1771); Thomaner: 1716-1723

Gregorius Christian Seg[...]² = Gregor Christian Segnitz (c1706-after 1763): Thomaner: 1717-1725

Notes:

0. The right half of the page is torn (sec Figure 3 below). For this reason the list remains incomplete and is partially illegible. The dating of the choir rosten ensues from the date Friedrich Gotthelf Machaon was accepted (July 6, 1740) and the dates of departure for the alumni Friedlieb König and Gottfried Samuel Aster, both (Easter Sunday?) 1741.
1. The right page is torn off, the left page is partially illegible. The picture is therefore not complete.
2. Written above these entries are older ones in black ink.
3. The names that follow cannot be reproduced due to lost of text.

Figure 3: Choir Roster around 1740-1741, Bach-Archiv Leipzig, Rara II, 13/13, Florilegium Portense, Leipzig 1618, Basis Generalis performing part, first added sheet

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. Andreas Glöckner, Sabine Thomas and Melvin Unger: Alumni and Externals in the Choirs of the Thomas School during Bach's Time in Bach, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2009), pp. 11-14 (Riemenschneider Bach Institute)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)

Short Histroy of the Thomanerchor Leipzig

Bach's Pupils: List of Bach's Pupils | Actual and Potential Non-Thomaner Singers and Players who participated in Bach’s Figural Music in Leipzig | Alumni of the Thomasschule in Leipzig during Bach's Tenure | List of Bach's Private Pupils | List of Bach's Copyists
Thomanerchor Leipzig: Short History | Members: 1729 | 1730 | 1731 | 1740-1741 | 1744-1745 | Modern Times
Bach’s Pupils Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2
Articles: Organizional Structure of the Thomasschule in Leipzig | The Rules Established for the Thomasschule by a Noble and Very Wise Leipzig City Council - Printed by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf Leipzig, 1733 | Homage Works for Thomas School Rectors