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Johann Georg Heinrich (Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: April 10, 1721 - Merseburg, about 25 south of Leipzig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: not determined (after 1744) |
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Johann Georg Heinrich was born the son of Georg Heinrich (courier in Merseburg). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 10, 1734; studied there from 1734 and 1740; and at Universität Leipzig from 1740 ("Hemrich") (enrollment on March 28, 1740). He took private lessons from J.S. Bach in Leipzig during these years. He was one of J.S. Bach's copyists from 1734 to 1735, identified in the manuscripts as Anon. Vl. J.S. Bach wrote a letter of recommendation for him in May 1744. The letter was for a position as service organist in Torgau, but Heinrich was unsuccessful in obtaining this position. Gurther whereabouts unknown.
The student relationship is based on a J.S. Bach report written in 1742, later dated 1744 and submitted with the application in Torgau. Some of Johann Georg Heinrich's surviving copies of J.S. Bach's keyboard works show traces of revision by his hand and are therefore likely to be directly related to his lessons.
References: Richter: 164; Koska: A-36; Bach Digital: 00002674 |
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Works of Bach he copied [Manuscript No. in Bach Digital / Work / Performance date] |
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D-B Mus.ms. 21740/20 Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantata Machet die Tore weit (I), TWV 1:1074, BNB I/T/2, [28.11.1734]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1210: BWV 550 [c1735-1744]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 97: BWV 100 [1732-1735]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 112 I, Faszikel 1: BWV 248/1 [25.12.1734]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 112 IV, Faszikel 1: BWV 248/4 [1.1.1735]
D-LEm Poel. mus. Ms. 34: BWV 860/1 (bar 11) [1734/1735]
US-NYpm B 1184. E75 (Cary 3): BWV 9 [1732-1735]
[Kantate BWV 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her] Originalstimmensatz: BWV 9 [1732-1735]
[Kantate BWV 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her] Stimmensatz W. F. Bach: BWV 9, BR-WFB N 140 |
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Sources:
1. Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999)
2. fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente
3. 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)
4. Bach Digital Website (March 2020)
5. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2014, April-May 2020); Thomas Braatz (January 2011) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Heinrich, Johann Georg (Bach digital) |
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Bibliography |
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Richter 1907, Nr. 164; Dok I, Nr. 69 und 79; Dok II, Nr. 525; Wollny 2016, S. 81-83
Sources 5 Dok I, Nr. 79; Dok II, Nr. 525; Löffler 1929/31, Nr. 37; Löffler 1936, S. 116; Löffler 1953, Nr. 54; BJ 1906, S. 130–133 (A. Werner); BJ 2016, S. 81–83 (P. Wollny) |
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