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Thomaskantors & Thomanerchor Leipzig & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig |
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Thomaskantors |
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No. |
Name [Alternate Name/Spelling] |
Lifespan |
Thomaskantor |
Recordings |
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-28 |
Thedericus |
?-? |
c1295 |
- |
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-27 |
Johann Urban [Johannes Steffani De Orba] |
?-? |
1436-1466 |
- |
+ |
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-26 |
Thomas Ranstete |
?-? |
1443-1444 |
- |
+ |
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-25 |
Martin Klotzsch |
?-? |
c1470 |
- |
+ |
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-24 |
Ludwig Götze |
c1450-c1506 |
?1471-?1506 |
- |
+ |
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-23 |
Peter Seehausen |
?-1464 |
?-? |
- |
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-22 |
Johannes Fabri [Fabri de Forchheym] |
?-? |
?-c1472 |
- |
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-21 |
Gregor Weßnig |
?-1494 |
1482-1488 |
- |
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-20 |
Heinrich Höfler |
?-? |
1488-1490 |
- |
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-19 |
Nikolaus Zölner |
?-1516 |
c1494 |
- |
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-18 |
Johann Conradi [Johann Kaltenborn] |
?-? |
c1508 |
- |
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-17 |
Johannnes Scharnagel [Johann] |
1480-1513 |
c1505-?1513 |
- |
+ |
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-16 |
Georg Rhau [Jörg] [Rauw/Rau/Rhaw/Hirsutus] |
1488-1548 |
1519-1520 |
- |
* |
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-15 |
Johannes Galliculus [Hennel/Hähnel] |
c1490-c1550 |
1520-1525 |
- |
* |
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-14 |
Valerianus [Valerian] Hüffeler |
?-? |
1526-1530 |
- |
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-13 |
Johannes Hermann |
1515-1593 |
1531-1536 |
- |
+ |
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-12 |
Wolfgang Jünger |
c1517-1564 |
1536-1539 |
- |
+ |
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-11 |
Johannes Bruckner |
?-? |
1539-1540 |
- |
+ |
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-10 |
Ulrich Lange |
?-1549 |
1540-1549 |
- |
+ |
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-9 |
Wolfgang Figulus [Töpfer] |
c1525-1588 |
1549-1551 |
- |
* |
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-8 |
Melchior Heger |
?-? |
1553-1564 |
- |
+ |
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Simon Wiedemar |
? |
? |
- |
+ |
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-7 |
Valentin Otto [Ottho] |
1529-1594 |
1564-1594 |
- |
* |
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-6 |
Sethus Calvisius [Seth Kalwitz] |
1556-1615 |
1594-1615 |
- |
* |
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-5 |
Johann Hermann Schein |
1586-1630 |
1616-1630 |
- |
* |
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-4 |
Tobias Michael |
1592-1657 |
1631-1657 |
- |
* |
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-3 |
Sebastian Knüpfer |
1633-1676 |
1657-1676 |
- |
* |
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-2 |
Johann Schelle |
1648-1701 |
1677-1701 |
- |
* |
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-1 |
Johann Kuhnau [originally:Kuhn] |
1660-1722 |
1701-1722 |
- |
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
1685-1750 |
1723-1750 |
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Johann Gottlob Harrer |
1703-1755 |
1750-1755 |
- |
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2 |
Johann Friedrich Doles |
1715-1797 |
1756-1789 |
- |
* |
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3 |
Johann Adam Hiller [Hüller] |
1728-1804 |
1789-1800 |
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4 |
August Eberhard Müller [Eberhart] |
1767-1817 |
1800-1810 |
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5 |
Johann Gottfried Schicht |
1753-1823 |
1810-1823 |
- |
* |
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6 |
Christian Theodor Weinlig |
1780-1842 |
1823-1842 |
- |
* |
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7 |
Moritz Hauptmann |
1792-1868 |
1842-1868 |
- |
* |
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8 |
Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter |
1808-1879 |
1868-1879 |
- |
* |
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9 |
Wilhelm Rust |
1822-1892 |
1880-1892 |
- |
* |
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10 |
Gustav Ernst Schreck |
1849-1918 |
1892-1917 |
- |
- |
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11 |
Karl Straube |
1873-1950 |
1918-1939 |
Recordings |
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12 |
Günther Ramin |
1898-1956 |
1940-1956 |
Recordings |
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13 |
Kurt Thomas |
1904-1973 |
1957-1960 |
Recordings |
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14 |
Erhard Mauersberger |
1903-1982 |
1961-1972 |
Recordings |
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15 |
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch |
b 1929 |
1972-1991 |
Recordings |
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16 |
Georg-Christoph Biller |
b 1955 |
1992-Present |
Recordings |
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Moritz Hauptmann recommended by Felix Mendelssohn.
August Eberhard Müller recommended by Johann Adam Hiller 'cum spe succedendi' on Sep 2, 1800 and was officially named Thomaskantor on Aug. 31, 1804.
Source:
pp. 436-437
800 Jahre Thomana: Glauben – Singen – Lernen Editors: Stefan Altner, Martin Petzoldt
Festschrift zum Jubiläum von Thomaskirche, Thomanerchor und Thomasschule
Verlag Janos Stekovics (Leipzig, 2012) 491 pages ISBN 978-3-89923-238-7
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Table of Thomaskantors in Excel format [by Thomas Braatz] |
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Candidates for the post of Thomaskantor, who were not accepted or declined |
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No. |
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Lifespan |
Successor of Thomaskantor |
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Johann Rosenmüller |
1615-1684 |
Tobias Michael |
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Georg Philipp Telemann |
1681-1767 |
Johann Kuhnau |
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Johann Friedrich Fasch |
1688-1758 |
Johann Kuhnau |
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Christoph Graupner |
1683-1760 |
Johann Kuhnau |
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Georg Friedrich Kauffmann |
1679-1735 |
Johann Kuhnau |
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Georg Balthasar Schott |
1686-1736 |
Johann Kuhnau |
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Christian Friedrich Rolle |
1681-1751 |
Johann Kuhnau |
- |
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Johann Martin Steindorff |
1663-1744 |
Johann Kuhnau |
- |
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Andreas Christoph Duve |
1676-1749 |
Johann Kuhnau |
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
1714-1788 |
J.S. Bach |
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August Friedich Graun |
1698/9-1765 |
J.S. Bach |
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Johann Ludwig Krebs |
1713-1780 |
J.S. Bach |
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Johann Gottlieb Görner |
1697-1778 |
J.S. Bach |
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Johann Trier |
1716-1790 |
J.S. Bach |
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School Rules and Regulations for the St. Thomas School of Leipzig, as Established and Decreed by the Most Honorable City Council of Leipzig Immanuel Tietzen, Printer, 1723:
1. Preface [PDF 8]
2. Original German text [PDF 8]
3. English Translation (by Thomas Braatz) [PDF 8]
4. Appendix [PDF 8] |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - July 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Thomas Braatz (January 2006, June 2006, October 2007, May 2012), Dr. Stefan Altner [Thomanerchor Leipzig] (January 2006) |
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Karl Straube : Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works
Günther Ramin: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Recordings of Instrumental Works
Individual Recordings: BWV 244 - G. Ramin | Article: Günther Ramin 1898-1956 - Thomaskantor 1940-1956
Kurt Thomas: Short Biography | Frankfurter Kantorei | Recordings of Vocal Works: Part 1 | Part 2 | BWV 248 - K. Thomas
Erhard Mauersberger: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works | BWV 244 - E. Mauersberger
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch: Short Biography | Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum | Recordings of Vocal Works: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | BWV 244 - H.J. Rotzsch
Georg Christoph Biller: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Individual Recordings: BWV 232 - G.C. Biller | BWV 244 - G.C. Biller
Thomaskantors: Thomanerchor Leipzig | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig | General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2
Table of Recordings by BWV Number |
